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Return to all articles Return to previous page The Utility of Unplanned Early Hospital Readmissions as a Health Care Quality Indicator Resource Type: Opinion/Editorials 0 Comments | 3 Likes In this invited commentary, the author identifies and expounds upon two concerns regarding the use of early unplanned hospital readmissions as a health care quality indicator: 1) that many patient and hospitalization factors independent of care quality contribute to readmissions and 2) the accuracy in using these as a proxy for avoidable readmissions. View Resource Citation: van Walraven C. The Utility of Unplanned Early Hospital Readmissions as a Health Care Quality Indicator. JAMA Intern Med. 2015; 175(11): 1812-1814. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.4727. Accessed March 18, 2020. evaluation & quality improvement readmission No Comments You need to login to comment.
Return to all articles Return to previous page The Utility of Unplanned Early Hospital Readmissions as a Health Care Quality Indicator Resource Type: Opinion/Editorials 0 Comments | 3 Likes In this invited commentary, the author identifies and expounds upon two concerns regarding the use of early unplanned hospital readmissions as a health care quality indicator: 1) that many patient and hospitalization factors independent of care quality contribute to readmissions and 2) the accuracy in using these as a proxy for avoidable readmissions. View Resource Citation: van Walraven C. The Utility of Unplanned Early Hospital Readmissions as a Health Care Quality Indicator. JAMA Intern Med. 2015; 175(11): 1812-1814. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.4727. Accessed March 18, 2020. evaluation & quality improvement readmission No Comments You need to login to comment.
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