Is Profit Status of Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Independently Associated With 30-Day Unplanned Hospital Readmission for Medicare Beneficiaries?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the effects of facility-level factors on 30-day unplanned risk-adjusted hospital readmission after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs).

Design

Study using 100% Medicare claims data, covering 269,306 discharges from 1094 IRFs between October 2010 and September 2011.

Setting

IRFs with at least 30 discharges.

Participants

A total number of 1094 IRFs (N=269,306) serving Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries.

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

Risk-standardized readmission rate (RSRR) for 30-day hospital readmission.

Results

Profit status was the only provider-level IRF characteristic significantly associated with unplanned readmissions. For-profit IRFs had a significantly higher R

SUBMITTER: Li CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5826753 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature