Background To isolate hospital effects on risk-standardized hospital-readmission rates, we
examined readmission outcomes among patients who had multiple admissions for a similar …

Importance Medicare penalizes hospitals with higher than expected readmission rates by up
to 3% of annual inpatient payments. Expected rates are adjusted only for patients' age, sex …

Background: Safety-net and teaching hospitals are somewhat more likely to be penalized for
excess readmissions, but the association of other hospital characteristics with readmission …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND The risk of readmission varies among hospitals. This variation
has led the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid services to reduce payments to hospitals with …

Background The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program penalizes hospitals that have
high 30-day readmission rates across specific conditions. There is support for changing to a …

Objectives To examine patient, hospital and market factors and outcomes associated with
readmission to a different hospital compared with the same hospital. Design A population …

Objectives To determine whether high performing hospitals with low 30 day risk
standardized readmission rates have a lower proportion of readmissions from specific …

The objective of this study was to assess the respective frequency of planned and
unplanned early readmissions after discharge from an internal medicine department, and to …

Background To overcome the limitations of administrative data in adequately adjusting for
differences in patients' risk of readmissions, recent studies have added supplemental data …

Background: Existing publicly reported readmission measures are condition-specific,
representing less than 20% of adult hospitalizations. An all-condition measure may better …