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- Title
Diagnoses and Timing of 30-Day Readmissions After Hospitalization for Heart Failurep Acute Myocardial Infarction, or Pneumonia.
- Authors
Dharmarajan, Kumar; Hsieh, Angela F.; Zhenqiu Lin; Bueno, Héctor; Ross, Joseph S.; Horwitz, Leora I.; Barreto-Filho, José Augusto; Kim, Nancy; Bernheim, Susannah M.; Suter, Lisa G.; Drye, Elizabeth E.; Krumholz, Harlan M.
- Abstract
The article focuses on a study regarding the evaluation of readmission and timing among Medicare beneficiaries who are readmitted for heart failure (HF), acute myocardial infarction (MI) and pneumonia. It mentions that hospital readmissions report poor health care facility and states that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has started public reporting of outcomes for improving the hospital care quality. The study reveals that 30-day readmissions were frequent throughout the month after rehospitalization for HF, MI and pneumonia. It also presents statistics which depict the readmission of patients.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PATIENT readmissions; MEDICARE beneficiaries; HEART failure; MYOCARDIAL infarction; PNEUMONIA; HEALTH of patients; CENTERS for Medicare &; Medicaid Services (U.S.); CHARTS, diagrams, etc.
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2013, Vol 309, Issue 4, p355
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2012.216476