Hospital Characteristics Associated With Postdischarge Hospital Readmission, Observation, and Emergency Department Utilization
Horwitz LI, Wang Y, Altaf FK, Wang C, Lin Z, Liu S, Grady J, Bernheim SM, Desai NR, Venkatesh AK, Herrin J. Hospital Characteristics Associated With Postdischarge Hospital Readmission, Observation, and Emergency Department Utilization. Medical Care 2018, 56: 281-289. PMID: 29462075, PMCID: PMC6170884, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000882.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCross-Sectional StudiesEmergency Service, HospitalFee-for-Service PlansHeart FailureHospital AdministrationHospitals, PublicHumansMedicareMyocardial InfarctionNursing Staff, HospitalOwnershipPatient ReadmissionPneumoniaResidence CharacteristicsRetrospective StudiesSafety-net ProvidersUnited StatesConceptsAcute care utilizationAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failureCare utilizationAcute careMyocardial infarctionHospital characteristicsNet hospitalExcess daysPublic hospitalsNonsafety net hospitalsHigher readmission ratesEmergency department utilizationProportion of hospitalsAcute care hospitalsSafety-net hospitalService Medicare beneficiariesLarge urban hospitalMajor teaching hospitalType of hospitalCross-sectional analysisPostdischarge utilizationHospital dischargeHospital factorsReadmission ratesAssociation Between Postdischarge Emergency Department Visitation and Readmission Rates
Venkatesh AK, Wang C, Wang Y, Altaf F, Bernheim SM, Horwitz L. Association Between Postdischarge Emergency Department Visitation and Readmission Rates. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2018, 13: 589-594. PMID: 29538471, DOI: 10.12788/jhm.2937.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionED visit ratesHospital-level variationReadmission ratesHeart failureED visitsHospital dischargeED visitationVisit ratesMedicare beneficiariesMedicare Standard Analytic FilesPostdischarge ED visitsDays of hospitalizationEmergency department visitsHospital readmission ratesLower readmission ratesStandard Analytic FilesEmergency department (ED) visitationSignificant inverse correlationCross-sectional analysisDepartment visitsMyocardial infarctionAnalytic FilesED servicesPneumonia