Impact of Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status on Risk-Adjusted Readmission Rates: Implications for the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

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Examines what would happen to hospitals' excess readmission ratios and potential penalties if socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity were added to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services risk-adjustment algorithm. Includes information on potential change in penalties for metropolitan, micropolitan, and nonmetro hospitals.

Grant R. Martsolf, Marguerite L. Barrett, Audrey J. Weiss, et al.

Inquiry, 53

10/2016

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Healthcare quality · Hospitals · Medicare · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data