Illuminating Hospital Disparities in Readmissions for Patients with Social Risk Factors: Comparing Hospital Performance Using Two Different Approaches
Herrin J, Peltz A, Zhou S, Du C, Barbo A, Charania S, Schwartz M, Lin Z, Bernheim S. Illuminating Hospital Disparities in Readmissions for Patients with Social Risk Factors: Comparing Hospital Performance Using Two Different Approaches. Health Services Research 2020, 55: 93-94. PMCID: PMC7440563, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13462.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial risk factorsAbsolute risk differenceDual eligibility statusHospital disparitiesRisk factorsDual eligibilityMedicare patientsReadmission ratesOdds ratioRisk differenceSocioeconomic disparitiesMedicare FFS patientsRetrospective cohort studyClinical risk factorsCommon clinical conditionHospitalized Medicare patientsSES indexStandard Analytic FilesVeterans Affairs hospitalEligibility statusMedicare Part AHospital outcomesCohort studyFFS patientsHospital readmission