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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedCotter D, Barrus D, Ma M
Effects of ESRD bundling on efficiency of U.S. dialysis centers.
The study aim was to evaluate whether the 2011 ESRD Prospective Payment System (PPS) improved the efficiency of U.S. dialysis centers and to identify which providers demonstrated changes in their efficiency after the PPS implementation. It found that about 36 percent of facilities were functioning efficiently in 2010, dropping to only 21-22 percent efficiently operating facilities in 2011-12.
AHRQ-funded; HS024190.
Citation: Cotter D, Barrus D, Ma M .
Effects of ESRD bundling on efficiency of U.S. dialysis centers.
Nephrol News Issues 2017 Oct 18.
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Keywords: Kidney Disease and Health, Payment, Ambulatory Care and Surgery
Erickson KF, Winkelmayer WC, Chertow GM
Hemodialysis hospitalizations and readmissions: the effects of payment reform.
The researchers used a retrospective cohort interrupted time-series study design to examine whether the 2004 nephrologist reimbursement reform led to reduced hospitalizations and rehospitalizations. They found no significant change in all-cause hospitalization or rehospitalization and slight reductions in fluid overload hospitalization and rehospitalization following reimbursement reform.
AHRQ-funded; HS019178.
Citation: Erickson KF, Winkelmayer WC, Chertow GM .
Hemodialysis hospitalizations and readmissions: the effects of payment reform.
Am J Kidney Dis 2017 Feb;69(2):237-46. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.08.033.
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Keywords: Hospital Readmissions, Hospitalization, Kidney Disease and Health, Payment, Policy