Community factors and hospital readmission rates.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the relationship between community factors and hospital readmission rates.

Data sources/study setting

We examined all hospitals with publicly reported 30-day readmission rates for patients discharged during July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2010, with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure (HF), or pneumonia (PN). We linked these to publicly available county data from the Area Resource File, the Census, Nursing Home Compare, and the Neilsen PopFacts datasets.

Study design

We used hierarchical linear models to assess the effect of county demographic, access to care, and nursing home quality characteristics on the pooled 30-day risk-standardized readmission rate.

Data collection/extraction methods

Not applicable.

Principal findings

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SUBMITTER: Herrin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4319869 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature