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. 2022 Oct 25;328(16):1589-1590.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.18305.

Readmission Reduction as a Hospital Quality Measure: Time to Move on to More Pressing Concerns?

Peter Cram  1   2 , Robert M Wachter  3 , Bruce E Landon  4   5
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Readmission Reduction as a Hospital Quality Measure: Time to Move on to More Pressing Concerns?

Peter Cram et al. JAMA. .
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The authors of this Viewpoint argue that the focus on hospital readmission rates as a measure of quality during the past decade, although undoubtedly leading to some improvements in care, has had minimal demonstrable benefit and has even distracted clinicians and health system leaders from other crucial quality concerns.

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