Risk-adjusted readmission rates for conditions not targeted by the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) from the first quarter of 2010 through the third quarter of 2014, by insurance type
SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data for 2010–14 from the Nationwide Readmissions Database. NOTES “Conditions not targeted” (“control conditions” in exhibits 1 and 4) are all but the three target conditions (acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia), as explained in the text. The data shown represent the quarterly risk-adjusted readmission rates as explained in the notes to exhibit 2. Solid lines were generated as explained in the notes to exhibit 2. “Other” includes self-pay and uninsured patients.