Publicly Reported Readmission Measures and the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program: A False Equivalence?

Overview

Journal Ann Intern Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2018 Mar 28

PMID 29582081

Citations 4

Authors

Rohan Khera

Leora I Horwitz

Zhenqiu Lin

Harlan M Krumholz

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