Readmission Patterns Over 90-Day Episodes of Care Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries Discharged to Post-acute Care.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Examine readmission patterns over 90-day episodes of care in persons discharged from hospitals to post-acute settings. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:Acute care hospitals. PARTICIPANTS:Medicare fee-for-service enrollees (N = 686,877) discharged from hospitals to post-acute care in 2013-2014. The cohort included beneficiaries >65 years of age hospitalized for stroke, joint replacement, or hip fracture and who survived for 90 days following discharge. MEASUREMENTS:90-day unplanned readmissions. RESULTS:The cohort included 127,680 individuals with stroke, 442,195 undergoing joint replacement, and 117,002 with hip fracture. Thirty-day readmission rates ranged from 3.1% for knee replacement patients discharged to home health agencies (HHAs) to 14.4% for hemorrhagic stroke

SUBMITTER: Middleton A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6165689 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature