Four Major Findings from the June 2011 H-CUP Statistical Brief on Readmissions by Payer and Age

1. In 2008, 30-day readmission rates were about 25 percent higher among non-elderly Medicare patients (24.1 percent) than among Medicare patients 65 and over (19.0 percent)
2. Among non-maternal adults ages 45–64 years old, Medicaid patients were re-hospitalized about 60 percent more often than uninsured patients and about twice as frequently as privately insured patients,
3. Maternal readmission rates were about 50 percent higher for uninsured and Medicaid patients than for privately insured patients across all time periods
4. Medicaid and privately insured pediatric patients were re-hospitalized within 7 and 14 days at a similar rate and more frequently than uninsured patients irrespective of the readmission period

Source: H-CUP Statistical Brief, June 2011, All-Cause Readmissions by Payer and Age, 2008
Source URL: http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb115.jsp

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