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Medicare Reimbursement and 30-Day Readmissiosn by State, 2003
A scatter plot showing a positive linear correlation between Medicare reimbursement per enrollee and Medicare 30-day readmissions as percent of total admissions (R squared = 0.42).
Data: Medicare reimbursement—2003 Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care; Medicare readmissions—2003 Medicare SAF 5% Inpatient Data
Source: Commonwelath Fund State Scorecard on Health Systems Performance, 2007
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