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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2018 Oct;19(10):896–901. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2018.03.006

Table 1.

30- and 90-day unplanned hospital readmission rates by post-acute discharge setting for patients with stroke, lower extremity joint replacement, and hip facture

Discharge
location
Condition Sub-Condition N Readmission, %
30-day 90-day
HHA Stroke Hemorrhagic 2,628 11.4 19.6
Ischemic 27,628 8.8 18.2

Joint replacement Hip, elective 58,659 3.3 5.4
Hip, non-elective 5,434 6.7 11.7
Knee 124,890 3.1 5.0

Hip fracture Femur neck 6,825 5.7 11.6
Femur 966 5.8 13.4
Complications* 471 6.2 13.2

IRF Stroke Hemorrhagic 5,704 12.6 23.4
Ischemic 45,386 10.2 21.4

Joint replacement Hip, elective 9,648 6.4 10.6
Hip, non-elective 16,506 9.3 18.0
Knee 18,671 6.0 10.1

Hip fracture Femur neck 23,168 8.1 16.6
Femur 2,499 6.6 15.2
Complications* 420 8.3 16.4

SNF Stroke Hemorrhagic 5,439 14.4 26.1
Ischemic 40,895 11.5 23.8

Joint replacement Hip, elective 50,108 5.9 9.7
Hip, non-elective 46,837 10.1 19.4
Knee 111,442 5.2 8.7

Hip fracture Femur neck 71,535 9.3 18.7
Femur 9,312 9.2 18.2
Complications* 1,806 9.8 18.7

Abbreviations: HHA, home health agency; IRF, inpatient rehabilitation facility; SNF, skilled nursing facility.

*

The “Complications” sub-condition includes patients undergoing hip/femur fracture procedures with complications