Adverse Effects of the Medicare PSI-90 Hospital Penalty System on Revenue-Neutral Hospital-Acquired Conditions

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Iatrogenic Disease 100%
• Medicare 66%
• Patient Safety 63%
• Quality of Health Care 12%
• Pressure 9%
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.) 9%
• Wounds and Injuries 6%
• Health Care Outcome Assessment 4%
• Safety 4%
• Health 3%

Social Sciences

• revenue 57%
• penalty 54%
• adverse events 19%
• Quality of care 7%
• health care 5%
• time 5%
• funding 4%
• regression 4%
• health 3%