Research Briefs
Date of this Version
12-6-2018
Abstract
After the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program began enforcing financial penalties, disparities in readmissions between white and black patients widened at safety-net hospitals for conditions not targeted by the program. Disparities were stable for conditions targeted by the program. At non-safety-net hospitals, disparities were unchanged for both targeted and non-targeted conditions.
Document Type
Brief
Number
48
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https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2712178
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Keywords
Readmissions, racial disparities, Medicare, safety-net hospitals
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Citation For This Study
Chaiyachati KH, Qi M, Werner RM. Changes to Racial Disparities in Readmission Rates After Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Within Safety-Net and Non–Safety-Net Hospitals. JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1(7):e184154. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.4154
Date Posted: 29 March 2019