A 12-page Executive Summary offering summary highlights for 22 Accountable Care Organizations and ACO solutions companies regarding their successes during the most recent MSSP performance year.
Journal of Medical Economics study: Rate of VTE-related readmissions for 6 primary discharge diagnoses
- For those initially hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of infectious diseases
- the rate of VTE-related hospital readmission: 2.0%
- For those initially hospitalized for respiratory diseases: 1.6%
- Cancer had the highest rate: 3.9%
- of which 51.3% were for a primary diagnosis of VTE
- For those initially hospitalized for heart failure: 1.9%
- For those initially hospitalized for ischemic stroke: 1.4%
- For those initially hospitalized for rheumatic diseases: 1.7%
Source: Journal of Medical Economics, May 14, 2019, "Frequency of hospital readmissions for venous thromboembolism and associated hospital costs and length of stay among acute medically ill patients in the US." - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13696998.2019.1618862