Medicare' Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program and Community Diversity in the United States: The Need to Account for Racial and Ethnic Segregation.
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cultural Diversity
Female
Humans
Iatrogenic Disease
/ epidemiology
Male
Medicare
/ organization & administration
Quality Assurance, Health Care
/ methods
Reimbursement, Incentive
/ statistics & numerical data
Residence Characteristics
/ statistics & numerical data
Social Segregation
/ trends
United States
health policy
hospital associated infection measures
hospital-acquired conditions reduction program
patient safety indicators
Journal
Hospital topics
ISSN: 1939-9278
Titre abrégé: Hosp Top
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0411772
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
pubmed:
30
8
2019
medline:
14
4
2020
entrez:
30
8
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study investigated the association between community diversity within hospitals' referral region (HRR) and hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) incident rate among adults ages ≥ 65 years. HRR level (
Identifiants
pubmed: 31464174
doi: 10.1080/00185868.2019.1659122
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng