Comparison of Risk-Standardized Readmission Rates of Surgical Patients at Safety-Net and Non-Safety-Net Hospitals Using Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and American Hospital Association Data.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Medical patients discharged from safety-net hospitals (SNHs) experience higher readmission rates compared with those discharged from non-SNHs. However, little is known about whether this association persists for surgical patients.

Objectives

To examine differences in readmission rates between SNHs and non-SNHs among surgical patients after discharge and determine whether hospital characteristics might account for some of the variation.

Design, setting, and participants

This observational retrospective study linked the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient Databases of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality from January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2014, for 4 states (New York, Florida, Iowa, and Washington) with data from the 2014

SUBMITTER: Talutis SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6537916 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature