READMISSIONS: 13.8 per 100 admissions, US 2011 all-cause

These are national data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP).

Total All-Cause 30-Day Readmission Rates (per 100 admissions), US 2011

• 17.2  Medicare patients (65+ years old)
• 14.6 Medicaid patients (18 to 64 years old)
•   8.7 privately insured patients (18 to 64 years old)
• 10.6 uninsured patients (18 to 64 years old)
• 13.8  total patients

MEDICARE PATIENTS:  Top All-Cause 30-Day Readmission Rates (per 100 admissions), US 2011, by CAUSE

• 24.5  Congestive heart failure
• 21.8  Acute and unspecified renal failure
• 21.5  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchiectasis

MEDICAID PATIENTS:  Top All-Cause 30-Day Readmission Rates (per 100 admissions), US 2011, by CAUSE

• 30.4  Congestive heart failure
• 26.6  Diabetes mellitus with complications
• 26.1  Alcohol-related disorders

PRIVATELY INSURED PATIENTS: Top All-Cause 30-Day Readmission Rates (per 100 admissions), US 2011, by CAUSE

• 64.4  Maintenance chemotherapy; radiotherapy
• 24.6  Secondary malignancies
• 18.7  Early or threatened labor

UNINSURED PATIENTS: Top All-Cause 30-Day Readmission Rates (per 100 admissions), US 2011, by CAUSE

• 16.8  Congestive heart failure
• 16.0  Alcohol-related disorders
• 15.5  Pancreatic disorders (not diabetes)

Source: Hines, A.L., Barrett, M.L., and others.  Conditions with the largest number of adult hospital readmissions by payer, 2011.  Statistical Brief;172:1-10, Apr. 2014.  Click here for full text: http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb172-Conditions-Readmissions-Payer.pdf 

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