TY  - JOUR
T1  - HOspital readmissions and measures of quality—reply
AU  - Kangovi S, Grande D
Y1  - 2012/01/25
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.12
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 361
EP  - 362
VL  - 307
IS  - 4
N2  - 
Although observation services are hospital-based, they are classified by payers as outpatient services. Consequently, they are not counted toward a hospital's readmission rate. Therefore, we agree with Dardick and Stein and have emphasized the need to monitor changes in observation service use as readmission penalties are implemented. Penalties could serve as incentives for hospitals to increase the use of observation status as a way to provide patients with hospital-based acute care without readmitting them.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.12
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.12
ER  -