Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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Multicenter Study
Project BOOST: effectiveness of a multihospital effort to reduce rehospitalization.
Rehospitalization is a prominent target for healthcare quality improvement and performance-based reimbursement. The generalizability of existing evidence on best practices is unknown. ⋯ Participation in Project BOOST appeared to be associated with a decrease in readmission rates.