Association of hospice utilization and publicly reported outcomes following hospitalization for pneumonia or heart failure: a retrospective cohort study

Association of hospice utilization and publicly reported outcomes following hospitalization for pneumonia or heart failure: a retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Hospital Quality Alliance began collecting and reporting United States hospital performance in the treatment of pneumonia and heart failure in 2008. Whether the utilization of hospice might affect CMS-reported mortality...

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Main Authors: Soowhan Lah, Emily L. Wilson, Sarah Beesley, Iftach Sagy, James Orme, Victor Novack, Samuel M. Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Hospice
Palliative care
Outcome measures
Moral hazard
Policy analysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-017-2801-3

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