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November 17, 2022JAMA Network OpenOpen Access

A Decade of Observing the Hospital Readmission Reductions Program—Time to Retire an Ineffective Policy

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Why the study?

The Hospital Readmission Reductions Program has been controversial, with studies questioning its impact and raising concern about unintended consequences.

Design

Editorial

Authors

JFJosé F. FigueroaBrigham and Women's HospitalRWRishi K. WadheraGeneral Cardiology

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Overview

HRRP readmission reductions may partly reflect observation stay reclassification; leaves open whether the program improved care quality or merely shifted settings.

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Intervention
Hospital Readmission Reductions Program (HRRP)

Editorial highlighting evidence that the Hospital Readmission Reductions Program has been largely ineffective and should be reconsidered.

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Figueroa et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a761a653ddd128930fbdbcehttps://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.42593
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