BackgroundUp to 13% of psychiatric patients are readmitted shortly after discharge.
Interventions that ensure successful transitions to community care may play a key role in …

Hospitals now have the responsibility to implement strategies to prevent adverse outcomes
after discharge. This systematic review addressed the effectiveness of hospital-initiated care …

Hospital readmission measures have been touted not only as a quality measure but also as
a means to bend the healthcare cost curve. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established the …

Reducing hospital readmission rates has captured the imagination of US policymakers
because readmissions are common and costly and their rates vary—and at least in theory, a …

Patients with low socioeconomic status (SES) use more acute hospital care and less primary
care than patients with high socioeconomic status. This low-value pattern of care use is …

Recently, the government has moved towards public reporting of 30-day readmission rates
after elective primary total knee (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA). We identified 11,814 …

Hospital readmissions receive increasing interest from policy makers because reducing
unnecessary readmissions has the potential to simultaneously improve quality and save …

Hospital readmissions are common and costly; this has resulted in their emergence as a key
quality indicator in the current era of renewed focus on cost containment. However, many …

Study Design. Retrospective review of a prospective cohort. Objective. To determine the
incidence, causes, and risk factors for 30-day unplanned readmissions after lumbar spine …

Rationale and objectives Urgent readmission to hospital is commonly used to measure
hospital quality of care. Hospitals that measure the proportion of urgent readmissions judged …