Table 1.
Patient‐Reported and Medical Bill–Confirmed Rehospitalizations, Stratified by Type and Follow‐up Interval
| Hospitalization Type | Follow‐up Interval | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Weeks | 6 Months | 12 Months | Total | |
| Patient reported | ||||
| Unplanned admission | 1150 | 1437 | 1489 | 4076 (53%) |
| Planned admission | 558 | 886 | 878 | 2322 (30%) |
| Observation stay | 346 | 387 | 440 | 1173 (15%) |
| Cannot remember | 31 | 66 | 66 | 163 (2%) |
| Total | 2085 | 2776 | 2873 | 7734 |
| Medical bill | ||||
| Inpatient | 1022 | 1676 | 1677 | 4375 (64%) |
| Observationa | 605 | 751 | 737 | 2093 (31%) |
| Otherb | 80 | 116 | 122 | 318 (5%) |
| Total | 1707 | 2543 | 2536 | 6786 |
| Patient‐reported hospitalizations confirmed by medical bills | 1304 (63%) | 1654 (60%) | 1621 (56%) | 4579 (59%) |
| Confirmed medical bills not patient‐reported | 403 (24%) | 889 (35%) | 915 (36%) | 2207 (33%) |
a
Emergency room or outpatient bill involving overnight hospitalization.
b
No medical bill was obtained, but medical record documentation showed an overnight hospitalization; medical bill was not obtained because either hospital refused release of bill, hospitalization occurred in a foreign hospital, or only a per diem or health maintenance organization nonitemized bill was received.