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Multicenter Study
. 2018 Feb 1;178(2):290-292.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.6148.

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

Andrew M Ibrahim  1   2 , Justin B Dimick  1   2 , Shashank S Sinha  1   3 , John M Hollingsworth  1   4 , Ushapoorna Nuliyalu  1 , Andrew M Ryan  1   2   5
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Multicenter Study

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

Andrew M Ibrahim et al. JAMA Intern Med. .

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.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Readmission Rates Before and After the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP)
Anemia indicates deficiency anemia; diabetes, diabetes, uncomplicated; fluid/electrolytes, fluid and electrolyte disorders; heart failure, congestive heart failure; hypertension, hypertension, complicated and uncomplicated; neurologic, other neurologic disorders; peripheral vascular, peripheral vascular disorders; pulmonary, chronic pulmonary disease; and renal, renal failure.
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