Contents

• Executive summary
• Introduction
• Findings
  • Regional variation in 30-day readmission rates
  • Correlation in 30-day readmission rates across patient cohorts
  • What factors beyond discharge planning and care coordination cause hospital readmissions?
  • Variation in 30-day readmission rates across academic medical centers
  • Trends in 30-day readmission rates
  • Early physician follow-up after discharge for medical and surgical hospitalizations
  • Which rate is right for early clinician follow-up?
  • Emergency room visits after discharge for medical and surgical hospitalizations
• Summing up: Overall findings and paths towards improving care
• Methods
• References

Authors

David C. Goodman, MD, MS

Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH

Chiang-Hua Chang, PhD

Lead Analyst

Stephanie R. Raymond, BA

Editor

Kristen K. Bronner, MA

The Dartmouth Atlas Working Group

Leadership

Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH

David C. Goodman, MD, MS

Jonathan S. Skinner, PhD

John E. Wennberg, MD, MPH

Kristen K. Bronner, MA

Senior Authors and Faculty

John Erik-Bell, MD

Shannon Brownlee, MS

Julie P.W. Bynum, MD, MPH

Chiang-Hua Chang, PhD

Amos R. Esty, MA

Philip P. Goodney, MD, MS

Nancy E. Morden, MD

Thérèse A. Stukel, PhD

James N. Weinstein, DO, MS

Analytic and Administrative Staff

Elisabeth L. Bryan, BS

Thomas A. Bubolz, PhD

Donald Carmichael, MDiv

Caitlin J. Clapp, BA

Jennifer Dong, MS

Daniel J. Gottlieb, MS

Jia Lan, MS

Martha K. Lane, MA

Stephanie R. Raymond, BA

Sandra M. Sharp, SM

Jeremy Smith, MPH

Yunjie Song, PhD

Dean T. Stanley, RHCE

Andrew W.J. Toler, MS

Stephanie Tomlin, MPA

Peter J. Westphaelen, BA

Rebecca Zaha, MPH

Weiping Zhou, MS