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The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program — Time for a Reboot

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: Some policymakers have pushed for the HRRP to be expanded to cover all conditions treated in inpatient settings. Others, including many clinicians and researchers, have expressed skepticism regarding the program’s effects and concerns about unintended consequences.

Source: New England Journal of Medicine

DOI: 10.1056/nejmp1901225

Authors: Rishi K. Wadhera, Robert W. Yeh, Karen E. Joynt Maddox

Institutions: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, Washington University in St. Louis

Language: English

Topic: Healthcare Policy and Management

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute