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| Title |
The cost of hospital readmissions: evidence from the VA
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Health Care Management Science, January 2015
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10729-014-9316-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kathleen Carey, Theodore Stefos |
| Abstract |
This paper is an examination of hospital 30-day readmission costs using data from 119 acute care hospitals operated by the U.S. Veterans Administration (VA) in fiscal year 2011. We applied a two-part model that linked readmission probability to readmission cost to obtain patient level estimates of expected readmission cost for VA patients overall, and for patients discharged for three prevalent conditions with relatively high readmission rates. Our focus was on the variable component of direct patient cost. Overall, managers could expect to save $2140 for the average 30-day readmission avoided. For heart attack, heart failure, and pneumonia patients, expected readmission cost estimates were $3432, $2488 and $2278. Patient risk of illness was the dominant driver of readmission cost in all cases. The VA experience has implications for private sector hospitals that treat a high proportion of chronically ill and/or low income patients, or that are contemplating adopting bundled payment mechanisms. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 71 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 68 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 13 | 18% |
| Researcher | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 10% |
| Other | 13 | 18% |
| Unknown | 13 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 28% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 14% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 7% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 3 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 11 | 15% |
| Unknown | 19 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 March 2015.
All research outputs
#2,599,916
of 22,776,824 outputs
Outputs from Health Care Management Science
#25
of 285 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#38,186
of 351,548 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Health Care Management Science
#3
of 9 outputs
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