title: Associations between hospital-wide readmission rates and mortality measures at the hospital level: Are hospital-wide readmissions a measure of quality?
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. brotman@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Brotman
authors.affiliation: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Erik H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Hoyer
authors.affiliation: Department of Care Coordination, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Curtis
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.affiliation: Department of Care Coordination, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lepley
authors.affiliation: Department of Care Coordination, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deutschendorf
mesh_terms: D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D010359:Patient Readmission; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care