Table 1. Readmissions After AMI, CHF, and Pneumonia for Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries Between 2011 and 2015.
Variable | No. | 30-d RSRR, mean (SD), % | |
---|---|---|---|
Admissions | Hospitalsa | ||
All traditional Medicare admissions | |||
AMI | 812 656 | 3167 | 16.9 (1.1) |
CHF | 1 899 272 | 3838 | 21.7 (1.7) |
Pneumonia | 2 499 778 | 4010 | 16.4 (1.8) |
All Medicare Advantage admissions | |||
AMI | 318 850 | 3167 | 16.4 (1.0) |
CHF | 633 563 | 3838 | 21.4 (1.2) |
Pneumonia | 716 585 | 4010 | 16.3 (1.0) |
All Medicare admissions | |||
AMI | 1 131 506 | 3167 | 16.8 (1.2) |
CHF | 2 532 835 | 3838 | 21.6 (1.8) |
Pneumonia | 3 216 363 | 4010 | 16.4 (1.9) |
Abbreviations: AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CHF, congestive heart failure; RSRR, risk standardized readmission rate.
Hospitals included those that admitted at least 1 traditional Medicare patient and at least 1 Medicare patient with the specified condition from 2011 to 2015.