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Teaching And Safety-Net Hospital Penalization In The Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, Jose A Serpa, Gretchen Gemeinhardt, Cesar A Arias, Robert O Morgan, Heidi Russell, Hongyu Miao, Cecilia M Ganduglia Cazaban
Teaching And Safety-Net Hospital Penalization In The Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, Jose A Serpa, Gretchen Gemeinhardt, Cesar A Arias, Robert O Morgan, Heidi Russell, Hongyu Miao, Cecilia M Ganduglia Cazaban
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IMPORTANCE: The Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program (HACRP) evaluates acute care hospitals on the occurrence of patient safety events and health care-associated infections. Since its implementation, several studies have raised concerns about the overpenalization of teaching and safety-net hospitals, and although several changes in the program's methodology have been applied in the last few years, whether these changes reversed the overpenalization of teaching and safety-net hospitals is unknown.
OBJECTIVE: to determine hospital characteristics associated with HACRP penalization and penalization reversal.
DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This retrospective cross-sectional study assessed data from 3117 acute care hospitals participating in the HACRP. The HACRP …