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A hospital readmission is an episode when a patient who had been discharged from a hospital is admitted again within a specified time interval. Readmission rates have increasingly been used as an outcome measure in health services research and as a quality benchmark for health systems. Generally, higher readmission rate indicates ...
Hospital beds per capita [4] Doctors per capita [4] Nurses per capita [4] Hospital readmission rates [6] Health expenditure as percentage of GDP [6] Percentage of a nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) used toward healthcare. [6] People with HIV aware of their status [6] Breast cancer screening rate [6] Birth registration rate [6]
A 2017 study focusing on hospital readmission among infants based on method of feeding raised concerns that exclusive breastfeeding is linked to double the rate of readmission to hospital among neonates as compared to formula feeding. [43]
Cigna Study: Post-Hospital Discharge Outreach Reduces Readmissions 22 Percent for High Risk Gastrointestinal, Heart and Lower Respiratory Patients BLOOMFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Arandomized ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin the Readmissions Reduction Program, which requires CMS to reduce payments to IPPS hospitals with excess readmissions, effective for discharges beginning on October 1, 2012. The regulations that implement this provision are in subpart I of 42 CFR part 412 (§412.150 through §412.154 ...
Among hospital nurses, about 2 in 5 said they plan to seek a new employer. The situation is becoming dire, and many professionals are experimenting with ways to improve the nurse's lot.
Discharge planning processes can be effective in reducing a patient's length of stay in hospital. For example, for older people admitted with a medical condition, discharge planning has been shown to improve satisfaction, reduce the overall length of stay, and within 3-month period reduce the likelihood of readmission. [ 4 ]
Black women are at increased risk of hospital readmission in the first 30 days after giving birth compared to white and Hispanic women. [78] Preeclampsia is also associated with greater likelihood of postpartum hospital readmission; Black women are at disparate risk of developing pre-eclampsia. [78]