Association of Hospital Payment Profiles With Variation in 30-Day Medicare Cost for Inpatients With Heart Failure or Pneumonia.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Some uncertainty exists about whether hospital variations in cost are largely associated with differences in case mix.

Objective

To establish whether the same patients admitted with the same diagnosis (heart failure or pneumonia) at 2 different hospitals incur different costs associated with the hospital's Medicare payment profile.

Design, setting, and participants

This observational cohort study used Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) discharge data of patients with a principal diagnosis of heart failure (n = 1615) or pneumonia (n = 708) occurring between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2016. Patients were individuals aged 65 years or older who were enrolled in Medicare fee-for-service Part A and Part B and were discharged from nonfederal, short-ter

SUBMITTER: Krumholz HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6902811 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature