Health Equity and Hospital Readmissions: Does Inclusion of Patient Functional and Social Complexity Improve Predictiveness?

J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Jan;34(1):26-28. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4635-z.

Geoffrey J Hoffman^{1

2}, Charleen Hsuan³, Thomas Braun⁴, Ninez Ponce⁵

¹ Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. gjh@umich.edu.
² University of Michigan's Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. gjh@umich.edu.
³ Department of Health Policy and Administration, Penn State University College of Health and Human Development, University Park, PA, USA.
⁴ Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁵ UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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Keywords: Medicare; health policy; risk-adjustment; vulnerable populations.

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