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  • 1Center for Healthcare Organizational and Implementation Research, VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 South Huntington Avenue (152M), Boston, MA, 02130, USA.

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Hospital readmission metrics, including all-cause hospital-wide readmissions (HWRs) and potentially preventable readmissions (PPRs), show high correlation. These measures offer consistent insights into hospital performance for surgical patient care.

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30-Day all-cause hospital-wide readmissionsAdministrative dataPotentially preventable readmissionsSurgical readmissionsVeterans Health Administration

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  • Surgical Outcomes Research
  • Health Services Research

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  • Readmission rates are a key indicator for hospital quality assessment.
  • Discrepancies in readmission calculation methods can lead to varied hospital performance classifications.
  • This study evaluated two prevalent surgical readmission metrics: 30-day all-cause hospital-wide readmissions (HWRs) and potentially preventable readmissions (PPRs).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the correlation between risk-adjusted HWR and PPR rates across hospitals.
  • To assess the agreement in hospital performance categorization using HWR versus PPR measures.
  • To analyze these metrics within the Veterans Health Administration's surgical programs.

Main Methods:

  • Examined the relationship between HWR and PPR rates in 111 Veterans Health Administration hospitals.
  • Assessed the concordance of hospital performance categorization between HWR and PPR metrics.
  • Analyzed data for all surgeries, colectomy, coronary bypass, and hip/knee replacement procedures.

Main Results:

  • A strong positive correlation was observed between hospitals' HWR and PPR rates (r = .85, P < .0001).
  • High agreement was found in categorizing hospital performance: 82% for all surgeries, 82% for colectomy, 84% for coronary bypass, and 87% for hip/knee replacement.
  • Both metrics provided similar performance perceptions.

Conclusions:

  • The 30-day all-cause hospital-wide readmissions (HWR) and potentially preventable readmissions (PPR) metrics demonstrate substantial consistency.
  • These findings suggest that both HWR and PPR can reliably reflect hospital performance in surgical readmissions.
  • The choice of metric may not significantly alter the overall assessment of hospital quality regarding surgical readmissions.