Medicare Readmission Rates Showed Meaningful Decline in 2012
After years of holding steady, hospital readmission rates among fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries declined significantly in 2012. Hospital readmissions have been shown to be costly and are a common metric for assessing care quality, so the Medicare program, hospitals, and other stakeholders have made reducing re-hospitalizations a high priority.
Gerhardt, G., Yemane, A., Hickman, P., Oelschlaeger, A., Rollins, E., Brennan, N. (2013). Data Shows Reduction in Medicare Hospital Readmission Rates During 2012. Medicare Care & Medicaid Research Review, 3(2), E1–E12.
