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2019•JAMA Internal MedicineOpen access

Trends in Hospitalization vs Observation Stay for Ambulatory Care–Sensitive Conditions

José F. Figueroa, Laura G. Burke, Jie Zheng, Endel John Orav, Ashish K. Jha

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This study of Medicare-defined avoidable hospital stays for conditions such as urinary tract infection and complications of diabetes uses Medicare Fee-for-Service Inpatient and Outpatient Claim Files to investigate whether a decrease in inpatient admissions from 2011 to 2015 represented real gains in ambulatory care.

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This study of Medicare-defined avoidable hospital stays for conditions such as urinary tract infection and complications of diabetes uses Medicare Fee-for-Service Inpatient and Outpatient Claim Files to investigate whether a decrease in inpatient admissions from 2011 to 2015 represented real gains in ambulatory care.

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This study of Medicare-defined avoidable hospital stays for conditions such as urinary tract infection and complications of diabetes uses Medicare Fee-for-Service Inpatient and Outpatient Claim Files to investigate whether a decrease in inpatient admissions from 2011 to 2015 represented real gains in ambulatory care.

Key concepts: Medicine, Ambulatory, Ambulatory care, Emergency medicine, Inpatient care, Diabetes mellitus, Urinary system, Intensive care medicine

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