Inappropriate use of payment weights to risk adjust readmission rates.

Am J Med Qual

3M Health Information Systems, Inc, Silver Spring, MD, USA.

Published: November 2012

In this article, the authors demonstrate that the use of relative weights, as incorporated within the National Quality Forum-endorsed PacifiCare readmission measure, is inappropriate for risk adjusting rates of hospital readmission.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1062860611428091DOI Listing

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