All-Cause 30- Day Rehospitalisations as a Percentage of Hospital Discharges
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The percent of live discharges from an acute care hospital with a rehospitalisation occurring within 30 days.
Numerator
The number of rehospitalisations to an acute care hospital within thirty days of live discharge from an acute care hospital.
Denominator
The number of live discharges from an acute care hospital, for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries living in the defined set of ZIP Codes. Discharges are counted in the time period of the discharge.
Exclusions
Same-day hospital transfers as well as readmissions to critical access hospitals (CAHs) and any hospital other than a conventional prospective payment hospital (psychiatric, rehabilitation, long-term acute, and other special hospitals)
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Claims based
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Based on eight quarters of data
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Brock J, Mitchell J, Irby K, Stevens B, Archibald T, Goroski A, Lynn J; Care Transitions Project Team. Association between quality improvement for care transitions in communities and rehospitalizations among Medicare beneficiaries. JAMA. 2013 Jan 23;309(4):381-91. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.216607. PMID: 23340640.