Readmission rate as a quality measure in healthcare field factors and strategies of improvement
Readmission rate has been used and evaluated in literature for many years and was studied from different aspects and was correlated to many factors. It is costly to any healthcare system. It causes a high burden on healthcare associated with an estimated annual cost of $17 billion. in the US, the Ce...
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2022
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| Online Access: | https://depot.sorbonne.ae/handle/20.500.12458/1557 |
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| Summary: | Readmission rate has been used and evaluated in literature for many years and was studied from different aspects and was correlated to many factors. It is costly to any healthcare system. It causes a high burden on healthcare associated with an estimated annual cost of $17 billion. in the US, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) started monitoring and initiated many programs to try to understand the causes of readmissions and how to control them and minimize the annual costs. This is a literature review of the readmission rate with an overview of causes and some strategies to minimize it and suggestions for improvement |
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