Excess Readmission Ratio
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
None
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Hospitalisation
Defining Attributes
Definition
Measure of an individual hospital's readmission performance compared to the readmission performance for hospitals with a similar case mix across the country for six conditions – acute myocardial infarction, COPD, heart failure, pneumonia, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and elective hip or knee arthroplasty
Numerator
Denominator
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Goldberg EM, Morphis B, Youssef R, Gardner R. An analysis of diagnoses that drive readmission: What can we learn from the hospitals in Southern New England with the highest and lowest readmission performance? R I Med J (2013). 2017 Aug 1;100(8):23-28. PMID: 28759896; PMCID: PMC5666576.
Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
No
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025
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Date Modified 02 December 2025