title: Hospital readmission as an accountability measure.
authors.affiliation: Center for Disease Prevention and Health Interventions for Diverse Populations, and the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. axon@musc.edu
authors.forename: R Neal
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Axon
authors.forename: Mark V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D006291:Health Policy; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006333:Heart Failure; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009203:Myocardial Infarction; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011014:Pneumonia; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D014481:United States