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Health care policy that relies on poor measurement is ineffective: Lessons from the hospital readmissions reduction program.
- Source :
- Health Services Research; Jun2023, Vol. 58 Issue 3, p549-553, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- THE HRRP AND OBSERVATION HOSPITALIZATIONS The omission of observation hospitalizations from the HRRP "rehospitalization" metric is perhaps the most obvious shortcoming that has emerged.[[6], [8]] Although counterintuitive, hospitalization is not synonymous with inpatient admission. Eliminating observation stays as a separate hospital visit status entirely - meaning all hospital stays would simply be considered hospital inpatient admissions - would be a significant improvement, but this degree of policy shift would have far-reaching implications and is unlikely to happen. According to the MedPAC, from 2006 to 2016, outpatient services increased by 49.0% while inpatient discharges decreased by 21.8%.[15] Although observation is only one type of outpatient service, observation hospital care is nonetheless a significant portion of hospital outpatient services. Both studies included only index inpatient stays, followed by observation I or i inpatient stays within 30 days of the index inpatient stay. [Extracted from the article]
- Subjects :
- HEALTH policy
PATIENT readmissions
MEDICAID
MEDICARE
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00179124
- Volume :
- 58
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Health Services Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163447509
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14161