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Medicare Hospital Readmissions : Issues and Policy Options.

Defines issues related to, and causes of, hospital readmissions. Summarizes approaches to distinguish which hospital readmissions might be preventable. Examines various strategies to lower the incidence of Medicare-covered hospital readmissions.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:
Hospitals.
Medicare.
Planning.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Defines issues related to, and causes of, hospital readmissions. Summarizes approaches to distinguish which hospital readmissions might be preventable. Examines various strategies to lower the incidence of Medicare-covered hospital readmissions.
Item Description:Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
CRS Report.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource.