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State Variation: Potentially Preventable Hospital Admissions Indicators
| Admissions |
Best State |
Top 5 States Ave. |
All States Median |
Bottom 5 States Ave. |
Worst State |
| Medicare beneficiaries readmitted to hospital within 30 days |
13% |
14% |
18% |
22% |
24% |
| Nursing home residents admitted to hospital |
8% |
9% |
16% |
23% |
25% |
| Nursing home residents readmitted to hospital within 30 days |
7% |
8% |
12% |
17% |
18% |
| Home health patients admitted to hospital |
18% |
20% |
27% |
39% |
46% |
- Data:
- Medicare readmissions—2003 Medicare SAF 5% Inpatient Data
- Nursing home admission and readmissions—2000 Medicare enrollment recordes and MedPAR file
- Home health admissions—2004 Outcome and Assessment Information Set
- Source:
- Commonwealth Fund State Scorecard on Health System Performance, 2007
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