title: Re: Association of Hospital Participation in a Quality Reporting Program with Surgical Outcomes and Expenditures for Medicare Beneficiaries.
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Penson
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000191:economics*