Table 2.
Thirty-Day Readmissions
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First readmission within 30 days postdischarge |
Average readmits per person within 30 days postdischarge |
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| Total population | PDS patients | Controls | Impact1 | PDS patients | Controls | % Reduction1 | |
| Overall | 48,538 | 4504 (9.3%) | 5598 (11.5%) | −1094 (−2.3%) | 0.097 | 0.124 | 21.80% |
| HMO | 19,138 | 1917 (10.0%) | 2232 (11.7%) | −315 (−1.6%) | 0.104 | 0.124 | 16.10% |
| LPPO | 7575 | 626 (8.3%) | 854 (11.3%) | −228 (−3.0%) | 0.086 | 0.12 | 28.30% |
| RPPO | 12,391 | 1121 (9.1%) | 1507 (12.2%) | −386 (−3.1%) | 0.095 | 0.118 | 19.50% |
| PFFS | 9434 | 840 (8.9%) | 1005 (10.7%) | −165 (−1.7%) | 0.095 | 0.131 | 27.50% |
HMO, health maintenance organization; LPPO, local preferred provider organization; PDS, postdischarge screening; PFFS, private fee for service; RPPO, regional preferred provider organization.
1
Wilcoxon signed rank test P values<0.0001.