Excess Readmission rates for Heart Failure and Pneumonia by Hospital Type

Relationship of Hospital Performance with Readmission and Mortality Rates for Patients Hospitalized with Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, or Pneumonia

Relationship between hospital readmission and mortality rates for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia.

IMPORTANCE The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services publicly reports hospital 30-day, all-cause, risk-standardized mortality rates (RSMRs) and 30-day, all-cause, risk-standardized readmission rates (RSRRs) for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia. The evaluation of hospital performance as measured by RSMRs and RSRRs has not been well characterized. OBJECTIVE To determ...

Hospital strategies associated with 30-day readmission rates for patients with heart failure.

BACKGROUND Reducing hospital readmission rates is a national priority; however, evidence about hospital strategies that are associated with lower readmission rates is limited. We sought to identify hospital strategies that were associated with lower readmission rates for patients with heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS Using data from a Web-based survey of hospitals participating in national ...

Testosterone Deficiency Increases Hospital Readmission and Mortality Rates in Male Patients with Heart Failure

BACKGROUND Testosterone deficiency in patients with heart failure (HF) is associated with decreased exercise capacity and mortality; however, its impact on hospital readmission rate is uncertain. Furthermore, the relationship between testosterone deficiency and sympathetic activation is unknown. OBJECTIVE We investigated the role of testosterone level on hospital readmission and mortality rat...

Hospital Readmission Rates

Medicare penalises hospitals that have higher than expected rates of readmissions within 30 days of discharge. The penalties are imposed to ensure hospitals make en effort to improve quality of care and focus more on proper discharge planning. Medicare levied penalties accumulating to $428 million on 2600 hospitals in 2014. The largest penalties were imposed on hospitals that serve disadvantage...