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Special Report - Special Report - October 25, 2012
Readmission rates found to be misleading
Study shows that a fourth of spine surgery revisits don't indicate poor care

Newswise

In addition to reflecting poorly on a hospital's quality of care, a high readmission rate also can result in reduced Medicare reimbursements, under provisions taking effect under a 2010 health care law.

But a study of spine surgery patients has found that the standard method used to calculate readmission rates can be a misleading indicator of hospital quality. Loyola University (Chicago) Medical Center neurosurgeon Dr. Beejal Amin and colleagues found that 25 percent of the readmis...


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