The 10 most common readmission diagnoses for high-, average-, and low-performing hospitals after initial hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction. Numbers are rounded to the nearest percentage. High-performing hospitals have 30-day risk standardized readmission rates lower than the national average rate, with >95% probability. Low-performing hospitals have 30-day risk standardized readmission rates higher than the national average rate, with >95% probability. All remaining hospitals are considered average.
Reproduced from Dharmarajan K, Hsieh AF, Lin Z, et al. Hospital readmission performance and patterns of readmission: retrospective cohort study of Medicare admissions. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 2013;347:f6571, with permission from BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.