Here are the US average 30-day readmission rates for Medicare patients in 2009:
- 16.1% for medical discharges
- 12.7% for surgical discharges
- 21.2% for CHF (congestive heart failure) patients
- 18.5% for AMI (heart attack) patients
- 15.3% for Pneumonia patients
- 14.5% for Hip fracture patients
The Dartmouth Atlas Project also offers an interactive tool on the website that allows you to find these same statistics for a specific state or county. That website can be accessed by clicking here: http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/data/topic/topic.aspx?cat=30
These cited statistics come from this white paper: Goodman, D.C., Fisher, E.S., and Chang, C-H. After Hospitalization: A Dartmouth Atlas Report on Post- Acute Care for Medicare Beneficiaries. The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, Sept. 28, 2011. Click here for the full text: http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/downloads/reports/Post_discharge_events_092811.pdf Posted by AHA Resource Center, (312) 422-2050, rc@aha.org
Filed under: Benchmarking, Postacute care, Posted by Kim Garber | Tagged: Hospital 30-day readmissions rates, Hospital readmission benchmarks, hospital readmission rates, US national average readmission rates |
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