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- Title
Pediatric Readmission Prevalence and Variability Across Hospitals.
- Authors
Berry, Jay G.; Toomey, Sara L.; Zaslavsky, Alan M.; Jha, Ashish K.; Nakamura, Mari M.; Klein, Pavid J.; Feng, Jeremy Y.; Shulman, Shanna; Chiang, Vincent K.; Kaplan, William; Hall, Matt; Schuster, Mark A.
- Abstract
The article focuses on a study regarding the prevalence of pediatric readmissions in the hospitals. It mentions that health care systems use readmission rates to assess the quality of hospital care and according to the Affordable care act, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services can reduce Medicare payments for the centers with high readmission rates. The study reveals that the rate of unplanned readmissions at 30 days among patients admitted to pediatric hospitals was 6.5 percent. It mentions that sickle cell anemia has the highest percentage of readmission.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PEDIATRIC clinics; PEDIATRIC emergencies; PATIENT readmissions; HOSPITAL care; HEALTH policy; CENTERS for Medicare &; Medicaid Services (U.S.); SICKLE cell anemia in children
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2013, Vol 309, Issue 4, p372
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2012.188351