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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46625/psn-pdf
January 10, 2018 - Medication errors resulting in harm: using chargemaster
data to determine association with cost of hospitalization
and length of stay.
January 10, 2018
McCarthy BC, Tuiskula KA, Driscoll TP, et al. Medication errors resulting in harm: Using chargemaster data
to determine association with cost of hospitalization an…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/index.html
February 01, 2025 - Hospitals and Health Systems
Tools and resources for Hospitals, Long-term Care Facilities, and Primary Care Facilities
Hospital Resources Toolkits, recommendations, and other resources for hospitals and hospital administrators to improve quality, reduce errors, and increase patient safety. Communication and O…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/sepsis-data-tool.html
March 01, 2025 - New Interactive Data Resource Illustrates Trends in Sepsis Hospital Care
A new interactive tool from AHRQ allows researchers, policymakers and others to explore trends in hospital care for sepsis, a life-threatening condition that is among the most expensive to treat in U.S. hospitals. Sepsis caseloads in inp…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47580/psn-pdf
November 28, 2018 - Patient engagement in health care safety: an overview of
mixed-quality evidence.
November 28, 2018
Sharma AE, Rivadeneira NA, Barr-Walker J, et al. Patient Engagement In Health Care Safety: An Overview
Of Mixed-Quality Evidence. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018;37(11):1813-1820. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0716.
https://p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45266/psn-pdf
January 01, 2020 - Learning from lawsuits: using malpractice claims data to
develop care transitions planning tools.
August 31, 2016
Arbaje AI, Werner NE, Kasda EM, et al. Learning From Lawsuits: Using Malpractice Claims Data to
Develop Care Transitions Planning Tools. J Patient Saf. 2020;16(1):52-57.
doi:10.1097/pts.000000000000023…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/long-term-care.html
Topic: Long-Term Care
AHRQ has toolkits, recommendations, and other resources for long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes and rehabilitation centers, to improve quality, reduce errors, and increase patient safety.
AHRQ Research Findings Support Effort to Reduce Pre…
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb255-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Hospitalizations-ED-Visits-2017.pdf
January 01, 2017 - Readmission rates following inpatient stays for TBI-
related injuries also are presented using the 2017 … is counted as having a readmission. … ; that is, transfers were not considered a readmission. … for a prior stay and the initial admission for a subsequent
readmission. … The NRD is designed to support various types of analyses of
national readmission rates.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/nursing-staff-shortages-rapid-research.pdf
April 01, 2025 - The association between ward staffing
levels, mortality and hospital
readmission in older hospitalised … The
Relationship Between Nurse Staffing
and 30-Day Readmission for Adults
With Heart Failure. … The
Difference in Readmission Rates
Between the Border and Non-Border
Hospitals in Texas. … Association of hospital and market
characteristics with 30-day
readmission rates from 2009 to 2015. … An observational study of
nurse staffing ratios and hospital
readmission among children admitted
for
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33603/psn-pdf
September 15, 2024 - centers-disease-control-and-prevention-guideline-prevention-surgical-site-infection-2017
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/underlying-reasons-associated-hospital-readmission-following-surgery-united-states
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb190-Hospital-Stays-Super-Utilizers-Payer-2012.jsp
May 01, 2015 - The average all-cause 30-day readmission rate was four to eight times higher for super-utilizers than … than the readmission rate for other patients. … is counted as a readmission. … measure assessed is the "percentage of admissions that are followed by a readmission." … ; that is, a transfer was not considered a readmission.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33660/psn-pdf
December 01, 2007 - this approach, which lasts about 1 month, we've been able to show significant reductions in hospital
readmission … In other words, they both were able to achieve statistically significant
reductions in readmission rates … : On top of a regulatory or reporting argument, if there was public reporting of hospitals' 30-day
readmission … first step
would be to begin to mandate that hospitals publicly report their risk-adjusted 30-day readmission … But the second step that they're proposing would involve some adjustment of payment based on that
readmission
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/towards-framework-managing-risk-associated-technology-induced-error
May 10, 2013 - assessing the efficacy of an electronic discharge communication tool for preventing death or hospital readmission … May 3, 2016
Effect of a postdischarge virtual ward on readmission or death for high-risk
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-cost-drug-related-morbidity-and-mortality-nursing-facilities
September 19, 2016 - September 23, 2020
Understanding patient-centred readmission factors: a multi-site, mixed-methods … December 16, 2020
Measuring the impact of medication-related interventions on 30-day readmission
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/dropping-baton-qualitative-analysis-failures-during-transition-emergency-department-inpatient
September 26, 2012 - January 7, 2015
Quasi-experimental evaluation of the effectiveness of a large-scale readmission … December 13, 2017
Association of changing hospital readmission rates with mortality rates
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-numbers-lack-evidence-indicate-number-physicians-needed-provide-safe-acute-medical
December 21, 2017 - Same Author(s)
Patients' and providers' perceptions of the preventability of hospital readmission … Diagnoses of Cancer
July 31, 2023
Day of discharge does not impact hospital readmission
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessment-basic-patient-safety-skills-residents-entering-first-year-clinical-training
February 21, 2018 - Relationship between in-hospital adverse events and hospital performance on 30-day all-cause mortality and readmission … April 8, 2020
Analysis of hospital-level readmission rates and variation in adverse events
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-health-literacy-postoperative-outcomes-patients-undergoing-major-abdominal
May 08, 2017 - August 5, 2020
Understanding patient-centred readmission factors: a multi-site, mixed-methods … April 17, 2019
The impact of resident duty hour reform on hospital readmission rates
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/can-patients-contribute-safer-care-meetings-healthcare-professionals-cross-sectional-survey
November 22, 2017 - Barriers and facilitators to implementing interventions for reducing avoidable hospital readmission … December 19, 2018
Hospital readmission and parent perceptions of their child's hospital
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/carpe-diem-seize-day
September 01, 2012 - Relationship between in-hospital adverse events and hospital performance on 30-day all-cause mortality and readmission … August 2, 2023
Association of changing hospital readmission rates with mortality rates … August 15, 2018
Association between hospital penalty status under the Hospital Readmission … Reduction Program and readmission rates for target and nontarget conditions. … Association between hospital performance on patient safety and 30-day mortality and unplanned readmission
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49481/psn-pdf
May 01, 2005 - concern is supported by several studies that found that patients who leave AMA have significantly higher
readmission … rates than other patients.(3,5,6) In a study of general medical patients, the readmission rate
within … after discharge was 21% in patients leaving AMA, compared with 3% in matched
controls; the rate of readmission … day period was similar in the two groups.(5) No
specific factors have been found to strongly predict readmission … Patients who leave AMA have significantly
higher readmission rates and may be at increased risk of serious