Why the study?
Does the Medicare Hospital Readmission Reduction Program reduce 30-day readmissions or increase ED visits in patients discharged from hospitals in New York State?
Population
Patients discharged from hospitals in New York State (using prepolicy and postpolicy hospital claims data)
Comparison
Medicare's Hospital Readmission Reduction… vs Prepolicy period and hospitals facing lower…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30 days
Authors
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HRRP shows no readmission reduction but raises ED visit odds; leaves open broader policy effects and generalizability beyond New York.
Does the Medicare Hospital Readmission Reduction Program reduce 30-day readmissions or increase ED visits in patients discharged from hospitals in New York State?
The Medicare HRRP did not directly reduce readmissions in New York State but was associated with an unintended increase in postdischarge ED visits.
McGarry et al. (2016) studied this question.
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