Readmission rates, 30 days and 365 days postdischarge, among the 20 most frequent DRG groups, Medicare inpatients age 65 or older in Connecticut hospitals, fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993.
Hennen J, Krumholz HM, Radford MJ, Meehan TP. Readmission rates, 30 days and 365 days postdischarge, among the 20 most frequent DRG groups, Medicare inpatients age 65 or older in Connecticut hospitals, fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993. Connecticut Medicine 1995, 59: 263-70. PMID: 7600797.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCrude readmission ratesReadmission ratesDRG categoriesConnecticut acute care hospitalsAge 65Three-year study periodStudy periodElderly Medicare beneficiariesAcute care hospitalsInpatients age 65Days postdischargeFiscal year 1991Inpatient admissionsInpatients ageConnecticut hospitalsAge 75Medicare beneficiariesAge groupsDRG groupsSignificant decreaseHospitalCorresponding ratesAgeFY 1993YearsTwenty most frequent DRG groups among Medicare inpatients age 65 or older in Connecticut hospitals, fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993.
Hennen J, Krumholz HM, Radford MJ. Twenty most frequent DRG groups among Medicare inpatients age 65 or older in Connecticut hospitals, fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993. Connecticut Medicine 1995, 59: 11-5. PMID: 7859443.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDRG categoriesConnecticut acute care hospitalsElderly Medicare beneficiariesElderly Medicare patientsAge group 65Acute care hospitalsInpatients age 65Care hospitalFiscal year 1991Inpatient admissionsInpatients ageConnecticut hospitalsGroup 65Medicare patientsAge subgroupsMedicare beneficiariesThree-year study periodAge 65Study periodDRG groupsNumber of dischargesMedicare dischargesHospitalYear periodYears