February 12, 2013Open Access
View Full PaperRelationship Between Hospital Readmission and Mortality Rates for Patients Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, or Pneumonia
Structured PICO
Are hospital readmission rates associated with mortality rates for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia?
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Population
Patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia
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Outcome
Association between risk-standardized mortality rates and readmission rates
Hospital readmission rates are not a reliable proxy for mortality rates in patients with acute myocardial infarction or pneumonia, and only weakly so for heart failure.
Abstract
Risk-standardized mortality rates and readmission rates were not associated for patients admitted with an acute myocardial infarction or pneumonia and were only weakly associated, within a certain range, for patients admitted with heart failure.