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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicalcontentenhancementtoolkit/mn22.jsp
September 01, 2014 - Purpose
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Link 30 day readmissions … for MCR: Claims
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DOB, sex, 5-digit zipcode
97.9% … for MCR: MCHS
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2017-01.pdf
January 01, 2017 - Calculating Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD) Variances. … The NRD can be used to generate national estimates of readmissions. … It is designed to be flexible to various
types of analyses of readmissions. … Introduction to the HCUP Nationwide Readmissions
Database (NRD) 2014. … Nationwide Readmissions Database Tutorial.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool3_hosp_inv.docx
June 02, 2025 - Additional Resource
See Section 2 of the Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions for additional
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/bajaj-jasmohan-s
January 01, 2023 - using patient-reported outcomes for cirrhosis collected with Patient Buddy and EncephalApp on hospital readmissions … The patient buddy app can potentially prevent hepatic encephalopathy-related readmissions. … The patient buddy app can potentially prevent hepatic encephalopathy-related readmissions. … Readmission
Description
This project tested a mobile health application’s impact on reducing readmissions
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/news/exhibit_booth/NRDBrochure_050218.pdf
May 16, 2018 - The Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD)
is part of the family of databases and software
tools developed … The vast size of the NRD allows the study of all cause and
condition-specific readmissions at both the … • Discharge status
• Length of stay
• Severity and comorbidity measures
• Costs associated with readmissions … • Reasons for readmissions
• Impact of health policy changes
• Readmissions by special populations … in medical practice
• Health care cost inflation
• Quality of care and patient safety
Nationwide Readmissions
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb140.jsp
August 01, 2012 - While some readmissions may be unavoidable, reducing hospital readmissions has been an objective of several … This Statistical Brief examines readmissions within 30 days of a hospital stay for heart attack (i.e. … readmissions for a new AMI were next most costly ($17,600), while readmissions for heart failure were … Readmissions for Heart Attack, 2009 . HCUP Statistical Brief #140. August 2012. … Hospital readmissions and the Affordable Care Act. Paying for coordinated quality care.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60223/psn-pdf
January 01, 2021 - examined the association of inpatient harms (e.g., infections, medication-related harms) and 30-
day readmissions … day-readmission-surgical-patients
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/factors-contributing-all-cause-30-day-readmissions-structured-case-series-across … -18-hospitals
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/factors-contributing-all-cause-30-day-readmissions-structured-case-series-across
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/61043/psn-pdf
October 21, 2020 - clinical-predictors-unsafe-direct-discharge-home-patients-intensive-care-units
Many factors can contribute to early, unplanned readmissions … clinical-predictors-unsafe-direct-discharge-home-patients-intensive-care-units
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intensive-care-unit-readmissions-us-hospitals-patient-characteristics-risk-factors-and … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/readmissions-and-adverse-events-after-discharge
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851910/psn-pdf
August 02, 2023 - relationship-between-hospital-adverse-events-and-hospital-performance-30-day-all-cause
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/readmissions-observation-and-hospital-readmissions-reduction-program … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-hospital-readmissions-reduction-program-implementation-readmission-and-mortality
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-sustainability-centers-of-excellence6.html
April 01, 2025 - In 2010, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began the Hospital Readmissions Reduction … This regulatory change reduced payments made to hospitals for excess and avoidable readmissions. … CMS penalized hospitals if they had outsized readmissions compared with hospitals with similar proportions … developed programming to assist institutions in complying with this regulation and reducing avoidable readmissions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacist-transition-care-services-improve-patient-satisfaction-and-decrease-hospital
March 11, 2020 - Pharmacist transition-of-care services improve patient satisfaction and decrease hospital readmissions … Citation Text:
Pharmacist transition-of-care services improve patient satisfaction and decrease hospital readmissions … Citation Text:
Pharmacist transition-of-care services improve patient satisfaction and decrease hospital readmissions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quasi-experimental-evaluation-effectiveness-large-scale-readmission-reduction-program
January 07, 2015 - Reducing readmissions has become a central target for hospitals, mostly spurred by Medicare policies … Although some intensive programs have successfully avoided readmissions, many other efforts have failed … This 9% relative reduction in readmissions is significant, though it translates to a number-needed-to-treat … A prior PSNet perspective discussed strategies for reducing hospital readmissions.
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/index.html?page=2
All-Condition Readmission Measure Measure Domain: Management of Acute Conditions Measure Subdomain: Hospital Readmissions … Infection Readmission Measure Measure Domain: Management of Acute Conditions Measure Subdomain: Hospital Readmissions … Quality Measurement (CEPQM) NQF Endorsement Number: 2414
Neonatal Intensive Care All-Condition Readmissions … Intensive Care COE: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Neonatal Intensive Care All-Condition Readmissions
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2010-2018.pdf
January 01, 2018 - can be used to generate national estimates of readmissions. … This allows December to identify all-cause 30-day readmissions. … o All-cause readmissions: Use discharge months of January through October. … Calculating Nationwide Readmissions Database
(NRD) Variances. … Diagnoses are sorted by the
weighted number of readmissions.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/ataglance/HCUPMalnutritionHospReport_083018.pdf
August 01, 2018 - Role of Malnutrition in Increasing Risk of Hospital Readmissions. … All-Cause Readmissions
Following Hospital Stays for Patients With Malnutrition, 2013. … a Suppressed due to cell size <11 readmissions. … index
stays compared with those without malnutrition (14.8 vs. 7.7 percent of readmissions). … Readmissions
Readmissions could be for any cause; thus, malnutrition may or may not have been recorded
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r21hs022578-kharrazi-final-report-2015.pdf
January 01, 2015 - in addition to intra-hospital readmissions. … Ambulatory care is integral to reducing hospital readmissions 10, 11. … Incidence of potentially avoidable urgent readmissions and their relations to all-cause urgent
readmissions … Thirty-day readmissions — truth and consequences. … A early look at a four-stat initiative to reduce avoidable hospital readmissions.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb89.pdf
April 01, 2010 - Statistical Brief #89: All-Cause Hospital Readmissions among Non-Elderly Medicaid Patients, 2007 … within 30 days of discharge from a hospital stay.1
Reducing potentially preventable readmissions can … More than half (56 percent) of
these readmissions involved an
initial hospital stay for circulatory … Readmissions are identified using encrypted
unique patient numbers that enable tracking of patients … All-Cause Hospital Readmissions among Non-Elderly
Medicaid Patients, 2007.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intensive-care-unit-readmissions-us-hospitals-patient-characteristics-risk-factors-and
August 04, 2021 - Study
Intensive care unit readmissions in U.S. hospitals: patient characteristics … Intensive care unit readmissions in U.S. hospitals: patient characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes … Intensive care unit readmissions in U.S. hospitals: patient characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41866/psn-pdf
November 28, 2012 - well-documented prevalence of adverse events after hospital discharge and a growing policy
focus on preventing readmissions … hospital staff, and primary care
providers to better define the mechanisms by which adverse events and readmissions … its-two-worlds-apart-analysis-vulnerable-patient-handover-practices-discharge-hospital
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/readmissions-and-adverse-events-after-discharge … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/factors-contributing-all-cause-30-day-readmissions-structured-case-series-across
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47006/psn-pdf
October 13, 2018 - transitions best practices upon ICU discharge in order to support optimal patient
outcomes and prevent readmissions … assessment-safety-discharging-select-patients-directly-home-intensive-care-unit-multicenter
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-intensive-care-unit
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/readmissions-and-adverse-events-after-discharge … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/care-transitions
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/readmissions-observation-and-hospital-readmissions-reduction-program