Association of Coded Severity With Readmission Reduction After the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

Andrew M Ibrahim; Justin B Dimick; Shashank S Sinha; John M Hollingsworth; Ushapoorna Nuliyalu; Andrew M Ryan

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.6148

Association of Coded Severity With Readmission Reduction After the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Feb 1;178(2):290-292. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.6148.

Authors

Andrew M Ibrahim^{1

2}, Justin B Dimick^{1

2}, Shashank S Sinha^{1

3}, John M Hollingsworth^{1

4}, Ushapoorna Nuliyalu¹, Andrew M Ryan^{1

2

5}

Affiliations

¹ The Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
² Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
⁴ Dow Division of Health Services Research, Department of Urology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.
⁵ School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Abstract

This study uses the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review file to examine whether coded severity of illness is associated with reduced rates of readmission after implementation of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Aged
Critical Illness / economics
Critical Illness / therapy*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Medicare / statistics & numerical data*
Middle Aged
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act*
Patient Readmission / trends*
Retrospective Studies
Severity of Illness Index
Triage / methods*
United States

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding