Thirty-day hospital readmissions for adults with and without HIV infection.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Risk-adjusted 30-day hospital readmission rate is a commonly used benchmark for hospital quality of care and for Medicare reimbursement. Persons living with HIV (PLWH) may have high readmission rates. This study compared 30-day readmission rates by HIV status in a multi-state sample with planned subgroup comparisons by insurance and diagnostic categories.

Methods

Data for all acute care, nonmilitary hospitalizations in nine states in 2011 were obtained from the Healthcare Costs and Utilization Project. The primary outcome was readmission for any cause within 30 days of hospital discharge. Factors associated with readmission were evaluated using multivariate logistic regression.

Results

A total of 5 484 245 persons, including 33 556 (0.6%) PLWH, had a total

SUBMITTER: Berry SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4713370 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature