Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
Open Access

Department of Cardiology, Georgetown University, Georgetown, USA

Publications

• Mini Review   
  Effect of Regulatory Readmission Penalties on Transitional Care
  Author(s): Aishwarrya Deore*, Ranjani Krishnan and Anand Nair
  
  The Affordable Care Act (ACA) announced in 2010 introduced the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) which penalizes hospitals if their 30-day readmission rates for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), Heart Failure (HF), or Pneumonia (PN) are higher than expected, relative to a comparable hospital. An extension of a recent study, which examines positive intra-ailment and spillover effects of the ACA regulation on transitional care, a particular type of continuity of care which refers to the discharge of a patient from intensive hospital-based care to another type of recovery facility. Transitional continuity of care is a critical part of the healthcare delivery process. Using econometric methods and patient-level data for 2004-2014 from the state of California we extend the study and find that transitional continuity of care improved for each of the three.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-9880.23.14.789

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