Trends in Hospitalization vs Observation Stay for Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions.

Figueroa, Jose F; Burke, Laura G; Zheng, Jie; Orav, E John; Jha, Ashish K · JAMA Intern Med · 2019

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Abstract

This study of Medicare-defined avoidable hospital stays for conditions such as urinary tract infection and complications of diabetes uses Medicare Fee-for-Service Inpatient and Outpatient Claim Files to investigate whether a decrease in inpatient admissions from 2011 to 2015 represented real gains in ambulatory care.

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