Insights,
Insights,
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
Natalie Reid, Manager at ADVI, served as the analyst for the recently published article in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, “Patterns of Hospital Performance on the Hospital-Wide 30-Day Readmission Metric: Is the Playing Field Level?” that suggests the hospital-wide readmission (HWR) metrics should be reassessed as a quality measure. The paper found that the hospital-level characteristics of academic status (AAMC), AAMC plus National Cancer Institute, safety net status, and over 400 beds were associated with the performing more poorly in the HWR metric.
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