Why the study?
Does the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) reduce 30-day readmissions in Medicare beneficiaries undergoing major surgery?
Population
672,135 Medicare beneficiaries 66 years or older treated at 2773 hospitals undergoing one of 5 major…
Comparison
Implementation of the Hospital Readmissions… vs Prepolicy period and nontargeted procedures
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30-day
Authors
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HRRP coincided with steeper readmission declines after targeted joint surgery; leaves open whether penalties drove changes versus secular trends.
Does the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) reduce 30-day readmissions in Medicare beneficiaries undergoing major surgery?
The HRRP policy was associated with a significant decrease in readmissions for targeted surgical procedures, but did not have spillover effects on nontargeted procedures.
Borza et al. (2017) studied this question.
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