Integrating Local Data into Readmission Risk Prediction

Over nearly a decade, we have made substantial progress in predicting, understanding, and preventing hospital readmission following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). In 2007, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) noted that 30day hospital readmission after PCI cost $359 million for Medicare [1]. PCI readmission rates do seem to the setting in which PCI care is delivered, suggesting a relationship to quality of care. For example, the PCI readmission rate in New York is roughly triple the rate in northwestern Italy [2,3].

Source: Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine - January 17, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Jason H. Wasfy Source Type: research