Likelihood of hospital readmission in Medicare Advantage and Fee-For-Service within same hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the extent to which all-cause 30-day readmission rate varies by Medicare program within the same hospitals.

Study design

We used conditional logistic regression clustered by hospital and generalized estimating equations to compare the odds of unplanned all-cause 30-day readmission between Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) and Medicare Advantage (MA).

Data collection

Wisconsin Health Information Organization collects claims data from various payers including private insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid, twice a year.

Principal findings

For 62 of 66 hospitals, hospital-level readmission rates for MA were lower than those for Medicare FFS. The odds of 30-day readmission in MA were 0.92 times lower than Medicare FFS within the same hospital (odds rati

SUBMITTER: Jung DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7375992 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature