Medicare Advantage health care utilization: hospital readmissions : trends in Medicare Advantage hospital readmissions

Medicare Advantage health care utilization: hospital readmissions : trends in Medicare Advantage hospital readmissions

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Data brief (Health Care Cost Institute)
Author(s):
Barrette, Eric, author
McGraves-Lloyd, Katharine, author
Contributor(s):
Health Care Cost Institute, issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, DC, : Health Care Cost Institute, November 2016
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Medicare Part C -- statistics & numerical data
Patient Readmission -- statistics & numerical data
Patient Readmission -- trends
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
KEY FINDINGS. Hospital readmission rates in the Medicare Advantage population declined from 2010 through 2014. The average decrease in hospital readmission was 0.8% per year. Cardiac related admissions, heart failure and AMI, had the highest readmission rate and the largest decrease in rate, respectively. The heart failure readmission rate declined 8.3% from 17.06 to 15.64. The AMI readmission rate decreased 8.9% from 12.41 to 11.30.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (6 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101711621 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101711621