Table 3.
Post–Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting 30‐Day Readmission Rates
| % (95% CI) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2002 | 2005 | 2008 | 2011 | 2014 | |
| No. of patients | 161 860 | 158 384 | 130 078 | 98 352 | 79 600 | 71 307 |
| Overall | 19.0 (18.8–19.2) | 19.3 (19.1–19.5) | 19.2 (19.0–19.4) | 18.7 (18.4–18.9) | 17.6 (17.3–17.9) | 14.3 (14.0–14.5) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Men | 17.5 (17.3–17.7) | 17.6 (17.4–17.8) | 17.6 (17.3–17.8) | 17.1 (16.8–17.4) | 15.9 (15.6–16.2) | 13.2 (12.9–13.5) |
| Women | 21.8 (21.5–22.2) | 22.5 (22.2–22.9) | 22.5 (22.1–22.9) | 22.0 (21.5–22.5) | 21.4 (20.9–22.0) | 17.0 (16.5–17.5) |
| Race | ||||||
| White | 18.9 (18.7–19.1) | 19.1 (18.9–19.3) | 19.0 (18.7–19.2) | 18.5 (18.2–18.7) | 17.4 (17.1–17.7) | 14.1 (13.8–14.4) |
| Black | 21.4 (20.3–22.4) | 22.0 (21.0–23.0) | 22.3 (21.3–23.4) | 22.0 (20.7–23.2) | 21.0 (19.7–22.4) | 17.2 (15.9–18.4) |
| Other racea | 20.7 (19.7–21.8) | 20.6 (19.6–21.6) | 20.4 (19.4–21.5) | 19.9 (18.7–21.1) | 17.9 (16.6–19.2) | 14.5 (13.4–15.6) |
| White men | 17.4 (17.2–17.6) | 17.5 (17.2–17.7) | 17.5 (17.2–17.7) | 17.0 (16.7–17.3) | 15.8 (15.5–16.1) | 13.1 (12.8–13.4) |
| White women | 21.7 (21.3–22.0) | 22.4 (22.0–22.8) | 22.2 (21.8–22.6) | 21.7 (21.2–22.2) | 21.2 (20.6–21.8) | 16.8 (16.2–17.3) |
| Black men | 19.3 (17.8–20.7) | 20.0 (18.6–21.4) | 19.2 (17.8–20.6) | 19.1 (17.5–20.7) | 18.2 (16.5–19.9) | 15.2 (13.6–16.8) |
| Black women | 23.4 (21.9–25.0) | 24.0 (22.5–25.4) | 25.6 (24.0–27.2) | 25.3 (23.4–27.2) | 24.2 (22.2–26.2) | 19.7 (17.7–21.7) |
CI indicates confidence interval.
a
Other races include Asian, Hispanic, North American Native, or other not specified.