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A novel approach to attribute responsible physicians using inpatient claims
CONCLUSIONS: We provide a robust method to attribute physicians to patients, which is a necessary tool to understand physician-level variation in quality of care within the inpatient acute care setting. The proposed method provides consistency across facilities and eliminates unattributed patients resulting from unsatisfied business rules.PMID:35852889 | DOI:10.37765/ajmc.2022.89185
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - July 19, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Michael Korvink German Molina John Martin Henry Sullivant Laura H Gunn Source Type: research

Magnet Hospitals and 30-Day Readmission and Mortality Rates for Medicare Beneficiaries
Conclusions: Magnet hospitals performed better on the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Mortality Program than the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. The results of this study suggest the need for The Magnet Recognition Program to examine the role of nurses in postdischarge activities as a component of its evaluation criteria.
Source: Medical Care - December 13, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

A Systematic Review of Direct Cardiovascular Event Costs: An International Perspective
ConclusionsThere was considerable unexplained variation in contemporary costs for all major cardiovascular events. One emerging theme was that average costs in the USA were considerably higher than anywhere else.
Source: PharmacoEconomics - April 3, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research