A Hospital Level Analysis of 30-Day Readmission Performance for Heart Failure Patients and Long-Term Survival: Findings from Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure

Jalnapurkar, S; Zhao, X; Heidenreich, PA; Bhatt, DL; Smith, EE; DeVore, AD; Hernandez, AF; Matsouaka, R; Yancy, CW; Fonarow, GC

Fonarow, GC (reprint author), Ronald Reagan UCLA Med Ctr, Ahmanson UCLA Cardiomyopathy Ctr, 10833 LeConte Ave,Room 47-123 CHS, Las Angeles, CA 90095 USA.

AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL, 2018; 200 (): 127

Abstract

Background: Medicare utilizes 30-day risk-standardized readmission rates (RSRR) as a measure of hospital quality and applies penalties based on this m......

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