RT Journal
A1 Dardick KR, Stein JA
T1 HOspital readmissions and measures of quality
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD January 25
VO 307
IS 4
SP 361
OP 362
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.11
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.11
AB 
Kangovi and Grande stated, “CMS [Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services] should monitor . . . observation service use . . . ”, yet their Figure ignores this and they do not discuss how this would affect their conclusions. No discussion of readmission rates can be considered valid without taking into account those hospital stays that are counted as observation and which may lead to an underestimation of readmission rates by as much as 32%.