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July 28, 2015JAMA

The Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

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Population

Medicare patients

Design

Other

Follow-up

30 days

Authors

ABAndrew BoozaryBrigham and Women's HospitalJMJoseph ManchinUnited States Senate LibraryRWRoger F. WickerUnited States Senate Library

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Implication

High readmission burden warrants targeted prevention efforts; leaves open which strategies best reduce Medicare costs and rates.

Structured PICO

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Population
Medicare patients
O
Outcome
Hospital readmission within 30 days

Hospital readmissions among Medicare patients remain high and costly, highlighting the financial burden of avoidable readmissions.

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Boozary et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8aa777a90c2f4c44fbc9ddhttps://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2015.6507
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