The performance of US hospitals as reflected in risk‐standardized 30‐day mortality and readmission rates for medicare beneficiaries with pneumonia
Lindenauer PK, Bernheim SM, Grady JN, Lin Z, Wang Y, Wang Y, Merrill AR, Han LF, Rapp MT, Drye EE, Normand S, Krumholz HM. The performance of US hospitals as reflected in risk‐standardized 30‐day mortality and readmission rates for medicare beneficiaries with pneumonia. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2010, 5: e12-e18. PMID: 20665626, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.822.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesReadmission ratesHospital referral regionsReferral regionsMedicare beneficiariesMortality rateRisk-standardized readmission ratesNonfederal acute care hospitalsNational quality improvement effortsPattern of hospitalAcute care hospitalsCross-sectional studyService Medicare beneficiariesQuality improvement effortsMedian hospitalHospital dischargeElderly patientsHospital admissionCare hospitalReadmission analysisOutpatient MedicareLeading causePrincipal diagnosisPneumoniaPatients