Trends in readmission rates for safety net hospitals and non-safety net hospitals in the era of the US Hospital Readmission Reduction Program: a retrospective time series analysis using Medicare administrative claims data from 2008 to 2015
Salerno AM, Horwitz LI, Kwon JY, Herrin J, Grady JN, Lin Z, Ross JS, Bernheim SM. Trends in readmission rates for safety net hospitals and non-safety net hospitals in the era of the US Hospital Readmission Reduction Program: a retrospective time series analysis using Medicare administrative claims data from 2008 to 2015. BMJ Open 2017, 7: e016149. PMID: 28710221, PMCID: PMC5541519, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016149.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramNon-safety net hospitalsSafety-net hospitalMedicare administrative claims dataReadmission ratesAdministrative claims dataNet hospitalReadmissions Reduction ProgramRetrospective time series analysisSafety netClaims dataTime series analysisSocioeconomic statusUnplanned readmission ratePrincipal discharge diagnosisLow socioeconomic statusInterrupted time seriesReduction programsFive-digit zip codeSeries analysisHRRP penaltiesIndex admissionHospital proportionDischarge diagnosisService patients