Sentences with phrase «hospital readmission better»

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Comparisons between groups may lead to spurious conclusions — a hospital that regularly admits substance abusers will have artificially low rates of readmission, giving a false appearance of better performance.»

«The impetus of this study was to better characterize resource use, which is rising, by focusing on how the number of transplants performed within a center influences cost and early hospital readmissions.»

Despite the increased national focus on reducing hospital readmissions, Dharmarajan said it had not been clear whether hospitals with the lowest readmission rates have been especially good at reducing readmissions from specific diagnoses and time periods after hospitalization, or have instead lowered readmissions more generally.

Readmissions after surgery may not be an appropriate measure for pay - for - performance programs but rather better suited as measure for hospitals to track internally,» the authors write.

«As a national way of assessing and tracking hospital quality, pediatric readmissions and revisits, at least for specific diagnoses, are not useful to families trying to find a good hospital, nor to the hospitals trying to improve their pediatric care,» said Naomi Bardach, MD, an assistant professor of pediatrics at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital and leadhospital quality, pediatric readmissions and revisits, at least for specific diagnoses, are not useful to families trying to find a good hospital, nor to the hospitals trying to improve their pediatric care,» said Naomi Bardach, MD, an assistant professor of pediatrics at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital and leadhospital, nor to the hospitals trying to improve their pediatric care,» said Naomi Bardach, MD, an assistant professor of pediatrics at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital and leadHospital and lead author.

The study shows that better coordination of care between surgeons and primary care physicians is important to help reduce hospital readmissions within 30 days for those high - risk surgery patients who have post-operative complications or live with a chronic disease, according to Benjamin S. Brooke, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine and first author on the study.

Despite improvement in the rates of people dying of sepsis in the hospital, the condition is still a leading cause of hospital readmissions and costs, as well as long - term disabilities and impairments, prompting University of Pittsburgh and University of Michigan medical scientists to develop thorough recommendations for post-hospital recovery care and future clinical trials.

Rather, given the debate over whether Medicare should include socioeconomic factors in its formula to calculate hospital readmissions, the study raises questions about whether Medicare's readmission rates reflect social factors related to the hospital's patient mix as well as hospital performance and quality.

New data released by the federal Department Of Health And Human Services indicates there has been a decline in the number of hospital readmissions, as well as the number of hospital - acquired infections across the country's hospitals.