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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 11/2016

01-11-2016 | Editorial

For Hospital Readmissions, Hindsight is Not 20/20

Authors: Rosa R. Baier, MPH, Amal N. Trivedi, MD, MPH

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 11/2016

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As Deming and others have described, quality improvement is a continuous process that requires gathering information to define a problem and then testing and studying interventions that address its root causes. But how can providers intervene when they disagree about the contributing factors—or even the extent to which poor outcomes reflect suboptimal quality of care? …
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Title
For Hospital Readmissions, Hindsight is Not 20/20
Authors
Rosa R. Baier, MPH
Amal N. Trivedi, MD, MPH
Publication date
01-11-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 11/2016
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-016-3821-0

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