US National Trends in Mortality From Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure: Policy Success or Failure?

ABSTRACT: Importance:Hospitals in the United States have been subject to mandatory public reporting of mortality rates for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and heart failure (HF) since 2007 and to value-based payment programs for these conditions since 2011. However, whether hospitals with initially poor baseline performance have improved relative to other hospitals under these programs, and whether patterns of improvement differ by condition, is unknown. Understanding trends within public reporting and value-based payment can inform future efforts in these areas. Objective:To examine patterns in 30-day mortality from AMI and HF and determine whether they differ for baseline poor performers (worst quartile in 2009 and 2010 in public reporting, prior to value-based payment) compared with other hospi

SUBMITTER: Chatterjee P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5875358 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature