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