Introduction Hospital readmission rates are increasingly used for both quality improvement
and cost control. However, the validity of readmission rates as a measure of quality of …

Objective To provide focused evaluation of predictive modeling of electronic medical record
(EMR) data to predict 30 day hospital readmission. Design Systematic review. Data source …

Background: Measures of socioeconomic disadvantage may enable improved targeting of
programs to prevent rehospitalizations, but obtaining such information directly from patients …

Importance Addressing the social determinants of health has been difficult for health
systems to operationalize. Objective To assess a standardized intervention, Individualized …

Studies report high in-hospital and post-discharge mortality of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) exacerbations varying depending upon patient characteristics, hospital …

Importance Medicare currently penalizes hospitals for high readmission rates for seniors but
does not account for common age-related syndromes, such as functional impairment …

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Readmissions Reduction
Program has focused attention on ways to reduce thirty-day readmissions and on factors …

OBJECTIVE To explore the relationship between inpatient diabetes education (IDE) and
hospital readmissions in patients with poorly controlled diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND …

This longitudinal study examines whether readmission rates, made transparent through
Hospital Compare, affect hospital financial performance by examining 98 hospitals in the …

Hospital readmissions receive increasing interest from policy makers because reducing
unnecessary readmissions has the potential to simultaneously improve quality and save …