The New England journal of medicine
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Starting in fiscal year 2013, the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) program introduced quality performance-based adjustments of up to 1% to Medicare reimbursements for acute care hospitals. ⋯ In our study, HVBP was not associated with improvements in measures of clinical process or patient experience and was not associated with significant reductions in two of three mortality measures. (Funded by the National Institute on Aging.).
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Letter Clinical Trial
Trial of Transplantation of HCV-Infected Kidneys into Uninfected Recipients.