Regression to the Mean in the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

Keyphrases

• Medicare 100%
• Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program 100%
• Regression to the Mean 100%
• Measurement Window 60%
• Readmission 50%
• Readmission Rates 40%
• First Year 20%
• Patients with Heart Failure 20%
• Mean Performance 20%
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 10%
• Heart Failure 10%
• Pneumonia 10%
• Hospital Readmission 10%
• Fee-for-service 10%
• Medicare Beneficiaries 10%
• Acute Myocardial Infarction 10%
• Program Policies 10%
• Hospitalization 10%
• Process of Care 10%
• Expected Change 10%
• Policy Impact 10%
• 30-day Readmission 10%
• American Hospital Association 10%
• Random Chance 10%
• Backward in Time 10%
• Statistical Phenomena 10%
• Hospital Characteristics 10%
• Forward-in-time 10%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Medicare 100%
• Congestive Heart Failure 75%
• Acute Heart Infarction 25%
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 25%

Nursing and Health Professions

• Medicare 100%
• Hospital Readmission 100%
• Congestive Heart Failure 14%
• Obstructive Lung Disease 4%
• Acute Heart Infarction 4%