2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

5024.0
Health Care Outcomes and Cost

Wednesday, November 4, 2015: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
Session Objectives: Explain the relationship between racial/ethnic inpatient mix and hospital quality and financial performance Describe the development of and discuss preliminary findings of a national arthroplasty registry. Discuss how DSH, uncompensated care, and IME reimbursements for hospitals treating disadvantaged populations counteract penalties from Medicare's Hospital Readmission Reduction Program. List specific health conditions disproportionately associated with early death in older homeless veterans.
Moderator:
Caryn Etkin, PhD, MPH

8:30am
American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR): First Annual Report and Subsequent Progress   
Caryn Etkin, PhD, MPH and September Cahue, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
8:50am
Everything in Context: Medicare's Readmission Penalties Far Overshadowed by Uncompensated Care and DSH Payments   
Geoffrey Hoffman, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
9:10am
Health status and out-of-pocket expenditures among baby boomers in the U.S   
Xiuwen Sue Dong, DrPH, Xuanwen Wang, PhD and Julie Largay, MPH

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Aging & Public Health
Endorsed by: Medical Care Section, Community Health Planning and Policy Development, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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