Hospitalization vs Observation for Ambulatory Care –Sensitive Conditions

This study of Medicare-defined avoidable hospital stays for conditions such as urinary tract infection and complications of diabetes uses Medicare Fee-for-Service Inpatient and Outpatient Claim Files to investigate whether a decrease in inpatient admissions from 2011 to 2015 represented real gains in ambulatory care.
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research