Table 3. Percentage of 30-Day Unplanned All-Cause Readmissions of Medicare Beneficiaries 65 Years and Older Overall and Among FRI and Cognitive Impairment Index Cohort, 2013-2014a.
| Rank | Diagnosis (No. [%]) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Readmissions (N = 1 205 962) | FRI Cohort Readmissions (n = 96 301) | Cognitive Impairment Readmissions (n = 218 351) | |
| 1 | Septicemia (155 026 [9.5]) | Septicemia (10 079 [10.5]) | Septicemia (30 972 [14.2]) |
| 2 | Heart failure (105 771 [8.8]) | FRI (9915 [10.3]) | FRI (15 262 [7.0]) |
| 3 | FRI (60 954 [5.1]) | Heart failure (5397 [5.6]) | Heart failure (14 239 [6.5]) |
| 4 | Respiratory (56 460 [4.7])b | Respiratory (4205 [4.4])b | Respiratory (13 270 [6.1])b |
Abbreviation: FRI, fall-related injury.
a
This table presents the rankings of the leading diagnoses for readmission and the proportion of all readmissions represented by a given diagnosis (eg, septicemia was the leading overall readmission diagnosis, representing 9.5% of all readmission diagnoses).
b
Respiratory or ventilation issues.