Variation in readmission rates by emergency departments and emergency department providers caring for patients after discharge.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The role of the emergency department (ED) provider and ED facility in readmissions of recently discharged patients who visit the ED has not been studied.

Objective

To determine the variation in readmission rates by ED facility and ED providers caring for patients after discharge.

Design

Retrospective cohort study using multilevel, multivariable models of 100% Texas Medicare claims data from the years 2007 to 2011.

Setting

Texas acute-care hospitals and ED facilities.

Patients

Medicare beneficiaries who visited an ED within 30 days of discharge from a hospital.

Intervention

None.

Measurement

Readmission after an ED visit within 30 days of discharge from an initial hospitalization defined as a hospitalization starting the day of or

SUBMITTER: Singh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4891808 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature