Table 2.
Risk Adjusted Odds Ratios for Annual Decrease in Readmission Rates by Age-Payer Groups
| Odds Ratio (95% CI) | |
|---|---|
| Acute Myocardial Infarction | |
| Medicare patients aged ≥65 years | 0.94 (0.94-0.95) |
| Medicaid patients aged ≥65 years | 0.93 (0.90-0.97) |
| Private insurance patients aged ≥65 years | 0.95 (0.93-0.97) |
| Medicare patients aged <65 years | 0.97 (0.96-0.98) |
| Medicaid patients aged <65 years | 0.94 (0.92-0.95) |
| Private insurance patients aged <65 years | 0.93 (0.92-0.94) |
| Heart Failure | |
| Medicare patients aged ≥65 years | 0.96 (0.96-0.97) |
| Medicaid patients aged ≥65 years | 0.96 (0.94-0.98) |
| Private insurance patients aged ≥65 years | 0.97 (0.96-0.99) |
| Medicare patients aged <65 years | 0.98 (0.97-0.98) |
| Medicaid patients aged <65 years | 0.96 (0.96-0.97) |
| Private insurance patients aged <65 years | 0.97 (0.95-0.98) |
| Pneumonia | |
| Medicare patients aged ≥65 years | 0.96 (0.96-0.97) |
| Medicaid patients aged ≥65 years | 0.94 (0.92-0.96) |
| Private insurance patients aged ≥65 years | 0.96 (0.95-0.97) |
| Medicare patients aged <65 years | 0.98 (0.97-0.99) |
| Medicaid patients aged <65 years | 0.98 (0.97-0.99) |
| Private insurance patients aged <65 years | 0.98 (0.97-1.00) |
| Nontarget Conditions | |
| Medicare patients aged ≥65 years | 0.97 (0.97-0.97) |
| Medicaid patients aged ≥65 years | 0.98 (0.96-0.99) |
| Private insurance patients aged ≥65 years | 0.97 (0.97-0.98) |
| Medicare patients aged <65 years | 0.98 (0.98-0.99) |
| Medicaid patients aged <65 years | 0.97 (0.96-0.98) |
| Private insurance patients aged <65 years | 0.98 (0.97-0.98) |