Private-Sector Readmissions for Inpatient Surgery in Veterans Health Administration Hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) reports multiple indicators of hospital surgical performance, including hospital risk-standardized 30-day readmission rates (RSRRs). Currently, most routinely reported measures do not include readmissions that occur outside VHA hospitals. The impact of readmissions outside the VHA on hospital RSRR is not known.

Objective

To measure the impact of including non-VHA readmissions on VHA hospital performance rankings for 30-day readmission.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study included patients aged at least 65 years from 2013 to 2019 from the Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program linked to patient-level data from the VHA and Medicare. Data were limited to patients with VHA and

SUBMITTER: Vaughan Sarrazin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11672159 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature