Prescriptive analytics for reducing 30-day hospital readmissions after general surgery.

<h4>Introduction</h4>New financial incentives, such as reduced Medicare reimbursements, have led hospitals to closely monitor their readmission rates and initiate efforts aimed at reducing them. In this context, many surgical departments participate in the American College of Surgeons Na...

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Main Authors: Dimitris Bertsimas, Michael Lingzhi Li, Ioannis Ch Paschalidis, Taiyao Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238118