title: Implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Nonpayment Policy for Preventable Hospital-Acquired Conditions in Rural and Nonrural US Hospitals.
abstract: Preventable adverse patient outcomes and hospital characteristics in rural versus nonrural US hospitals under the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reimbursement policy were examined using the American Hospital Association Annual Survey and Hospital Compare data. Under the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services policy, rural hospitals tended to have fewer hospital-acquired conditions than nonrural hospitals except for patient falls. Case mix was consistently related to falls after controlling for hospital characteristics.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin.
authors.forename: Sung-Heui
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Linda H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Yoder
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease / Q000191:economics* / Q000517:prevention & control; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States