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www.ahrq.gov/topics/hospital-readmissions.html
January 01, 2012 - Hospital Readmissions
Reducing preventable hospital readmissions is a national … Data Nationwide Readmissions Database
The Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD) is part of a family … and readmissions to U.S. hospitals by procedure and diagnosis. … Network discusses the causes of preventable readmissions and ways to prevent them. … to reduce readmissions.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hospital-readmits.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Adult Hospital Readmissions in 2018
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Average Cost: $15,200 … www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/partners.jsp
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/psychiatric-hospital-readmissions.pdf
May 28, 2015 - Hospital Readmissions for Psychiatric Conditions
Hospital Readmissions for Psychiatric Conditions … HEALTH
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Hospital readmissions … Source: http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb189-Hospital-Readmissions-Psychiatric-Disorders
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/septicemia-readmits.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Infographic - All-Cause Readmissions for Septicemia
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hospital-readmission-problem.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Hospital Readmissions: Not Just a Problem for Medicare
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/sickle-cell-readmits.pdf
January 01, 2018 - All-Cause Readmissions for Sickle Cell Trait/Anemia
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Costly Hospital Readmissions … HCUP Data Partners can be found at: https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/partners.jsp
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/reduce-readmissions.html
December 01, 2023 - Primary Care-Based Efforts To Reduce Potentially Preventable Readmissions
High rates of readmissions … by focusing on enhancing the role of primary care with the aim of reducing potentially preventable readmissions … Potentially Preventable Readmissions: Conceptual Framework To Rethink the Role of Primary Care: Final … Report examines the evidence base on what is currently known about reducing readmissions from the primary … Related Content
Preventing Readmissions
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201522.html
August 01, 2015 - AHRQ's RED Toolkit Helps Lower Readmissions in Dignity Health Hospitals
Search All Impact Case Studies … Toolkit has been very useful, user friendly, and effective," said Michael Smith, R.N., supervisor of readmissions … Bakersfield Memorial and two sister hospitals have documented significant reductions in readmissions … since implementing RED:
Bakersfield Memorial saw 30-day readmissions for Medicare patients drop over … "Implementing RED and the resulting reduced readmissions is a significant and important part of that
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/index.html?page=1
January 01, 2012 - Hospital Readmissions Reducing preventable hospital readmissions is a national priority for payers, providers … Medicare & Medicaid Services began reducing Medicare payments for certain hospitals with excess 30-day readmissions … AHRQ’s tools, data, and research to help hospitals reduce preventable readmissions.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool2_readm_review.docx
June 02, 2025 - Many teams review ALL readmissions when the patient is readmitted. … Additional Resource
See Section 1 of the Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions for more context … so that you can develop processes to prevent readmissions. … When analyzing each patient interview:
Ask “why” 5 times to elicit the “root causes” of readmissions. … Remember to identify all the reasons for the readmissions; there is rarely only one reason.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool1_data_analysis_final.xlsx
June 02, 2025 - # Readmissions # Discharges Dx Readmission Rate by Payer Dx Readmissions as % of All Readmissions … of Readmissions
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% of readmissions in 0-30 days … # Readmissions # Discharges Dx Readmission Rate by Payer Dx Readmissions as % of All Readmissions … out of all readmissions 56% …but account for >50% of total readmissions.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/reduce-readmissions-primarycare-rpt.html
March 01, 2021 - Potentially Preventable Readmissions: Conceptual Framework To Rethink the Role of Primary Care … Final Report
This report examines the evidence base on what is currently known about reducing readmissions … of this project was to address the important and unfulfilled need to reduce potentially preventable readmissions … in this area; other project details are at Primary Care Efforts To Reduce Potentially Preventable Readmissions … Full Report
Potentially Preventable Readmissions: Conceptual Framework To Rethink the Role of Primary
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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/septicemia-readmits.html
October 01, 2021 - All-Cause Readmissions for Septicemia
All-Cause Readmissions for Septicemia (PDF, 554.7 KB … Project Statistical Brief #278: Overview of Clinical Conditions With Frequent and Costly Hospital Readmissions
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201420.html
November 01, 2014 - AHRQ's RED Toolkit Leads to Lower Readmissions, Better Care Transitions in Two Texas Hospitals
Search … hospitals have used AHRQ's Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) toolkit to help significantly reduce hospital readmissions … The 586-bed VBMC-Harlingen's baseline 30-day readmissions rate for patients with heart failure, acute … With a heightened focus in recent years on reducing hospital readmissions—nearly 20 percent of Medicare … Between RED and other efforts, the two hospitals have reduced readmissions from a combined 28 percent
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/reduce-readmissions-prim-envscan.html
March 01, 2020 - Environmental Scan of Primary Care-Based Efforts To Reduce Readmissions
This environmental scan … To address this gap, AHRQ funded an environmental scan on the evidence-base for reducing readmissions … this area; other project details are at Primary Care-Based Efforts To Reduce Potentially Preventable Readmissions … Full Report
Environmental Scan of Primary Care-Based Efforts To Reduce Readmissions (PDF, 784 KB)
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/guide/web1.html
December 01, 2017 - Overview of The Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions . … Slide 10: Why Focus on Medicaid Readmissions?
Why Focus on Medicaid Readmissions? … Reducing readmissions is a cross-continuum effort. … These are not the most frequent diagnoses leading to readmissions. … Understand root causes of readmissions among your patients.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201415.html
September 01, 2014 - RED Lowering Hospital Readmissions and Improving Patient Satisfaction at Euclid Hospital in Ohio … Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) toolkit and seeing patient satisfaction improve and avoidable heart failure readmissions … Within the first month, the team noticed a higher number of readmissions from a particular nursing home … Gardner, the team met with the nursing home staff to share best practices on helping reduce readmissions … After six months, 30-day readmissions for those nursing home patients dropped from an average of 21 percent
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/guide/web2.html
December 01, 2017 - Readmissions by discharge disposition. … Medicare: 50,973 readmissions.
Medicaid: 10,643 readmissions. … Image: A bar graph captioned Readmissions for Patients with High Utilization shows All-Payer Readmissions … Total readmissions.
Readmission rate.
Proportion of discharges and readmissions, by payer. … Elicit the root causes of readmissions.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0129-fullreport.pdf
December 31, 2015 - Thirty days of followup data are not available for assessing readmissions.
11. … Readmissions: A Quality Gap
Readmissions disrupt the lives of patients and families, expose patients … Prevalence of Readmissions
Readmissions within 30 days occur for 2 to 6 percent of hospitalizations … Certain subgroups of children have frequent readmissions. … Readmissions have become a major focus for quality
improvement.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201605.html
May 01, 2016 - Blue Shield of California Foundation Uses AHRQ Guide to Reduce Hospital Readmissions
Search All Impact … Case Studies
May 2016
AHRQ's Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions was used by … Shield of California Foundation to apply evidence-based strategies that significantly cut hospital readmissions … Readmissions decreased to 6 percent from 29 percent, with 70 percent of patients reporting top ratings … "AHRQ's Hospital Guide to Reducing Readmissions resonated with our teams, because the tools were relevant