ArticlePolicy, politics & nursing practice2010
Medicare readmissions policies and racial and ethnic health disparities: a cautionary tale.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Readmissions performance and penalty experience of safety-net hospitals under Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.BMC health services research · 2022Article
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- Readmission to the hospital: common, complex and time for a re-think.Journal of clinical nursing · 2021Article
- Medicaid insurance status predicts postoperative mortality after total knee arthroplasty in state inpatient databases.Journal of comparative effectiveness research · 2019Article
- Imputing race and ethnic information in administrative health data.Health services research · 2019Article
- Socioeconomic, Racial, and Ethnic Disparities in Postpartum Readmissions in Patients with Preeclampsia: a Multi-state Analysis, 2007-2014.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2019Article
- Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health · 2019Article
- Impact of hospitals' Referral Region racial and ethnic diversity on 30-day readmission rates of older adults.Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2019Article
- Racial and Ethnic Composition of Hospitals' Service Areas and the Likelihood of Being Penalized for Excess Readmissions by the Medicare Program.Medical care · 2018Article
- The Latino Physician Shortage: How the Affordable Care Act Increases the Value of Latino Spanish-Speaking Physicians and What Efforts Can Increase Their Supply.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2018Article
- Unmet Nursing Care Linked to Rehospitalizations Among Older Black AMI Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study of US Hospitals.Medical care · 2016Article
- Patient Characteristics Predicting Readmission Among Individuals Hospitalized for Heart Failure.Medical care research and review : MCRR · 2016Review
- Race, Rehabilitation, and 30-Day Readmission After Elective Total Knee Arthroplasty.Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation · 2015Article
- Evaluating diabetes health policies using natural experiments: the natural experiments for translation in diabetes study.American journal of preventive medicine · 2015Article
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- Language Discordance and Patient- Centered Care in Occupational Therapy: A Case Study.OTJR : occupation, participation and health · 2015Article
- A role for social workers in improving care setting transitions: a case study.Social work in health care · 2015Article
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Abstract
Beginning in 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services started publicly reporting hospital readmission rates as part of the Hospital Compare website. Hospitals will begin having payments reduced if their readmission rates are higher than expected starting in fiscal year 2013. Value-based purchasing initiatives including public reporting and pay-for-performance incentives have the potential to increase quality of care. There is concern, however, that hospitals providing service to minority communities may be disproportionately penalized as a result of these policies due to higher rates of readmissions among racial and ethnic minority groups. Using 2008 Medicare data, we assess the risk for readmission for minorities and discuss implications for minority-serving institutions.
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