Changes to racial disparities in readmission rates after Medicare's hospital readmissions reduction program within safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals

Changes to racial disparities in readmission rates after Medicare's hospital readmissions reduction program within safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Research brief (Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics)
Author(s):
Chaiyachati, Krisda H., author
Qi, Mingyu, author
Werner, Rachel M., author
Contributor(s):
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, issuing body.
Publication:
Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 2018
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Healthcare Disparities -- statistics & numerical data
Hospitals -- statistics & numerical data
Patient Readmission -- statistics & numerical data
Race Factors
Safety-net Providers
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
After the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program began enforcing financial penalties, disparities in readmissions between white and black patients widened at safety-net hospitals for conditions not targeted by the program. Disparities were stable for conditions targeted by the program. At non-safety-net hospitals, disparities were unchanged for both targeted and non-targeted conditions.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (2 unnumbered pages))
Illustrations:
Portraits
NLM Unique ID:
101738968 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101738968