Thirty-day readmission, mortality rates may blur true hospital performance

The performance of US hospitals as refle

The performance of US hospitals as reflected in risk-standardized 30-day mortality and readmission rates for medicare beneficiaries with pneumonia

✍ Peter K. Lindenauer; Susannah M. Bernheim; Jacqueline N. Grady; Zhenqiu Lin; Yun 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 294 KB

## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is a leading cause of hospitalization and death in the elderly, and remains the subject of both local and national quality improvement efforts. ## OBJECTIVE: To describe patterns of hospital and regional performance in the outcomes of elderly patients with pn