2022
Factors Associated With Disparities in Hospital Readmission Rates Among US Adults Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid
Silvestri D, Goutos D, Lloren A, Zhou S, Zhou G, Farietta T, Charania S, Herrin J, Peltz A, Lin Z, Bernheim S. Factors Associated With Disparities in Hospital Readmission Rates Among US Adults Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. JAMA Health Forum 2022, 3: e214611. PMID: 35977231, PMCID: PMC8903116, DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.4611.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionNon-DE patientsCommunity-level factorsHospital disparitiesHeart failureDE patientsReadmission ratesCohort studyUS hospitalsRisk-adjusted readmission ratesRetrospective cohort studyHospital readmission ratesLow-income older adultsHospital quality improvementEligible patientsHospital readmissionMedicaid eligibility policyCare transitionsMyocardial infarctionState Medicaid policiesWorse outcomesMedicare patientsMAIN OUTCOMEUS adultsPneumonia
2015
Association of hospital volume with readmission rates: a retrospective cross-sectional study
Horwitz LI, Lin Z, Herrin J, Bernheim S, Drye EE, Krumholz HM, Hines HJ, Ross JS. Association of hospital volume with readmission rates: a retrospective cross-sectional study. The BMJ 2015, 350: h447. PMID: 25665806, PMCID: PMC4353286, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h447.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReadmission ratesHospital volumeRetrospective cross-sectional studyUS acute care hospitalsHospital readmission ratesAcute care hospitalsCross-sectional studyMedical cancer treatmentCare hospitalAdult dischargesHospital characteristicsMedicare feeCancer treatmentHospitalAssociationDaysService dataPatientsCardiovascularGynecologyQuintileNeurology
2014
Community Factors and Hospital Readmission Rates
Herrin J, St. Andre J, Kenward K, Joshi MS, Audet A, Hines SC. Community Factors and Hospital Readmission Rates. Health Services Research 2014, 50: 20-39. PMID: 24712374, PMCID: PMC4319869, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12177.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital readmission ratesReadmission ratesAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failureRisk-standardized readmission ratesHigher readmission ratesCommunity factorsCounty characteristicsNursing Home CompareArea Resource FileMultivariable analysisMeasures of accessMyocardial infarctionCounty demographicsHospitalStrong associationStudy sampleResource FilePneumoniaInfarctionPatientsFactorsNational variationsCareRate