12,13 MPSMS medical records were obtained from the CMS Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting program, which includes a multistage random sample of all-payer patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, pneumonia, major surgical care, and all other conditions. Each hospital ...
2013. http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/AcuteInpatientPPS/Readmissions-Reduction-Program.html. Accessed November 26, 2014. 5. Dougherty D, Schiff J, Mangione-Smith R. The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act quality measures initiatives: moving forward ...
Together, CMS and Bellese achieved the goal of legacy system modernization and positioning the HQR program for its role in the future of digital quality measurement. The HQR ecosystem includes several federal incentive programs including: Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR), Outpatient Quality Repo...
We hypothesize that lack of inpatient beds, especially in the ICU is the main contributing factor to boarding. However, further research evaluating the factors contributing to delay in admission and transport to the appropriate unit is needed. Limitations Our study has several limitations. It is ...
the patient received only one day inpatient treatment OR 2. LoS was 3 days or less AND PCCL was 2 or lower AND the patient was not ventilated AND there was no ICU complex treatment AND there was no resuscitation AND the patient was discharged alive. ...
The HES-APC dataset contains details about inpatient admissions funded by the NHS, including patients in independent hospitals funded by NHS trusts. All patients undergoing TER surgery are admitted to hospital, and their data will be included in the HES-APC. Each NHS trust collects data while the...
Charlson Comorbidity Indexa 0 (IQR 0–2) First hospitalization characteristics Scheduled first-H 46.81 % (4961) Length of stay, in daysa 3 (IQR 1−5) Long hospital stay (over 5 days) 24.7 % (2617) Social service requirement 2.64 % (280) Hospitalized in a surgical unit 51.76 % (5485...
[26–29]. Cost of a Standard Hospital Stay (CSHS) is the ratio of a hospital’s total acute inpatient care expenses to number of acute inpatient weighted cases [33]. A patient’s RIW multiplied by the hospital specific CSHS was equal to the estimated hospital cost of treating that ...
The assumption that high-quality inpatient care leads to lower subsequent ED utilization and readmission rates in this patient population may be incorrect. Second, there was limited hospital-level variability in the individual outcomes. This, along with the fact that the readmission risk adjustment ...
When examining the IRR of cumulative length of stay and hospital admissions, we conducted 2 sensitivity analyses excluding inpatient dialysis initiation and patients with prior hospitalization, because these patients may have a poorer health status than patients initiating dialysis in the outpatient setting...