2024
Measuring Equity in Readmission as a Distinct Assessment of Hospital Performance
Nash K, Weerahandi H, Yu H, Venkatesh A, Holaday L, Herrin J, Lin Z, Horwitz L, Ross J, Bernheim S. Measuring Equity in Readmission as a Distinct Assessment of Hospital Performance. JAMA 2024, 331: 111-123. PMID: 38193960, PMCID: PMC10777266, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.24874.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlack patientsPatient populationHospital characteristicsHospital-wide readmission measureDual-eligible patientsHospital patient populationCross-sectional studyMeasures of hospitalHealth care qualityPatient demographicsReadmission ratesClinical outcomesPatient raceEligible hospitalsReadmissionMAIN OUTCOMEReadmission measuresMedicare dataUS hospitalsHospitalCare qualityPatientsMedicaid ServicesOutcomesLower percentage
2020
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