Causes and timing of 30-day rehospitalization from skilled nursing facilities after a hospital admission for pneumonia or sepsis

MR Riester, E Bosco, JBB Silva, BH Bardenheier… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Pneumonia and sepsis are among the most common causes of hospitalization
in the United States and often result in discharges to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) for …

Are alternative payment models the answer to the failures of pay-for-performance?

I Papanicolas, R Milstein, AM Ryan, JF Figueroa - bmj, 2024 - bmj.com
Are alternative payment models the answer to the failures of pay-for-performance? | The BMJ
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Health after Legionnaires' disease: A description of hospitalizations up to 5 years after Legionella pneumonia

SD Gamage, N Ross, SM Kralovic, LA Simbartl… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background and objectives Research on Legionnaires' Disease (LD) suggests there may be
long-term health complications, but data are limited. This study investigated whether …

Assessing the quality of public services: For‐profits, chains, and concentration in the hospital market

JS Kunz, C Propper, KE Staub… - Health …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We examine variation in US hospital quality across ownership, chain membership, and
market concentration. We propose a new measure of quality derived from penalties imposed …

The Impact of Principal Diagnosis on Readmission Risk among Patients Hospitalized for Community-Acquired Pneumonia

GW Ruhnke, PK Lindenauer, CS Lyttle… - American Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Coding variation distorts performance/outcome statistics not eliminated by risk adjustment.
Among 1596 community-acquired pneumonia patients hospitalized from 1998 to 2012 …