TY - GEN
T1 - A deeper look at the causes of hospital readmissions
AU - Yu, Zhongyuan
AU - Rouse, William B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/7/2
Y1 - 2017/7/2
N2 - The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) penalizes hospitals that readmit patients within 30 days for several diagnoses. Hospitals argue that readmissions are driven by the nature of populations served. Traditional statistical analyses support this assertion. In this article, we show that a deeper analysis, using clustering, provides a richer and more nuanced explanation of readmissions. Specifically, while patient population is a significant factor, the effectiveness of care and patient satisfaction are also contributors. Hospitals that invest in improving effectiveness and satisfaction should be able to lower readmission rates.
AB - The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) penalizes hospitals that readmit patients within 30 days for several diagnoses. Hospitals argue that readmissions are driven by the nature of populations served. Traditional statistical analyses support this assertion. In this article, we show that a deeper analysis, using clustering, provides a richer and more nuanced explanation of readmissions. Specifically, while patient population is a significant factor, the effectiveness of care and patient satisfaction are also contributors. Hospitals that invest in improving effectiveness and satisfaction should be able to lower readmission rates.
KW - Health Policy
KW - Hospital Readmission
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U2 - 10.1109/IEEM.2017.8290026
DO - 10.1109/IEEM.2017.8290026
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85045234096
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
SP - 919
EP - 923
BT - 2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2017
T2 - 2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2017
Y2 - 10 December 2017 through 13 December 2017
ER -