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- Title
Minding the Gap Between Efforts to Reduce Readmissions and Disparities.
- Authors
Hernandez, Adrian F.; Curtis, Lesley H.
- Abstract
The authors discuss issues related to hospital readmissions and disparities. They cited a study on racial disparities in hospital readmission rates for three major clinical conditions which showed a major challenge facing policies that reward and punish hospitals based on readmission rates. They assert that imposing financial penalties on hospitals which treat vulnerable populations may worsen care coordination and exacerbate health disparities.
- Subjects
PATIENT readmissions; RACIAL differences; RACE; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL care
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2011, Vol 305, Issue 7, p715
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2011.167