The policy landscape on readmissions has shifted considerably since the end of 2009, when Public Reporting of Discharge Planning and Rates of Readmissions was published (PDF, NEJM,
Consider if seriously injured patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) were offered tea and crumpets (T&C) on day 3. Subsequent analysis would likely
Derek Thompson over at The Atlantic: Ten years ago, Americans drank enough soda every year to fill a small aquarium. Fifty-three gallons of the stuff
One thing the academic literature is not so good at is explaining policy context. It’s pretty standard to nod lightly at a policy, not say
From the President’s inaugural speech yesterday: We recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us, at any time, may face a job
Maybe I’m not crazy. A mortality-readmission trade off has also been illustrated in a NEJM letter to the editor (lead author: Gorodeski). We examined the association between
This chart is a bit unsatisfying since the methods that underlie it are not apparent in the AHA source document (PDF). Still, it can’t be denied
Postdischarge environmental and socioeconomic factors and the likelihood of early hospital readmission among community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries, by Arbaje, et al. (Gerontologist, 2008), includes the following
Below are some quotes from Hospital Nursing and 30-Day Readmissions Among Medicare Patients With Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, and Pneumonia, by Matthew McHugh and Chenjuan
The following are quotes from Risk Prediction Models for Hospital Readmission A Systematic Review, by Devan Kansagara, et al. (JAMA, 2011): Fourteen models were based
Here’s the abstract to Relationship of depression to increased risk of mortality and rehospitalization in patients with congestive heart failure, by Jiang, et al.: BACKGROUND: Patients with
The current issue of Medical Care has several articles on hospital readmissions. One of them is by Jason Hockenberry and colleagues, who conclude, Previous hospital readmission
