What is the impact of a clinically related readmission measure on the assessment of hospital performance?

• Main Authors: Roger K. Khouri (Author), Hechuan Hou (Author), Apoorv Dhir (Author), Juan J. Andino (Author), James M. Dupree (Author), David C. Miller (Author), Chad Ellimoottil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) penalizes hospitals for high all-cause unplanned readmission rates. Many have expressed concern that hospitals serving patient populations with more comorbidities, lower incomes, and worse self-reported health status may be dispro...