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. 2025 Jul 1;8(7):e2524135.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.24135.

Emergency Department and Observation Revisits and the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program

Bimatshu Pyakuryal  1 , Prasun Pudasainee  1 , Alisha Sharma  1 , Narendra Veerapaneni  1 , Sanjay Singh  1 , Barbara Slawski  1 , Pinky Jha  1 , Sanjay Bhandari  1
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Emergency Department and Observation Revisits and the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program

Bimatshu Pyakuryal et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Sep 2;8(9):e2539062. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.39062. JAMA Netw Open. 2025. PMID: 41004156 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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This retrospective cohort study analyzes the burden of emergency department and observation revisits on overall 30-day hospital revisits across Hospital Readmission Reduction Program–targeted conditions.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Bhandari reported receiving support from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) through the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institute of Health (NIH), under Award Number UL1 TR001436.

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