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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 9.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2016 Apr;263(4):698–704. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001363

Hospitals with higher-than-predicted readmission rates as a function of SES adjustment.

SNH No. (%) Non-SNH No. (%)
Base Model

 Penalty group 25 (61) 72 (50)
 No penalty 16 (39) 72 (50)

Base Model + SES

 Penalty group 21 (51) 71 (49)
 No penalty 20 (49) 73 (51)

No. – number of hospitals; SES – socioeconomic status; SNH - safety-net hospital