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Impact of Quality Improvement Support on Hospital Readmissions and Patient Safety Outcomes: A Quasi-Experimental Study of a National Quality Improvement Initiative

2025-09-29

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<h4>Background</h4> The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administers the Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) program to improve healthcare quality and safety in hospitals serving Medicare beneficiaries. These contractors provided technical assistance to small, rural hospitals, and/or to hospitals with lower quality ratings. This study aimed to evaluate the program’s effectiveness in addre...

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Literature Corpus work: df437a98-73d9-5fa2-83ca-99b3a912fb2a
DOI: 10.1101/2025.09.26.25336719

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