Project objectives
‘Quicker and sicker’ has persisted as a perception of activity-based funding, causing funders to implement strategies to maintain quality of care under these systems. HPA undertook this systematic review of the evidence to inform decisions about using financial levers to reduce preventable hospital readmissions.
The Evidence Check aimed to address the following questions:
- What effect have programs that use financial levers to reduce preventable hospital readmissions had on hospital readmission rates?
- What effect have programs that use financial levers to reduce preventable hospital readmissions had on mortality rates?
What other unintended consequences have programs had that use financial levers to reduce preventable hospital readmissions?