Rehospitalization rates after adult cardiac surgery unrelated to quality and should not be used in benchmarking
June 9th, 2023
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have selected unplanned readmissions within 30 days of discharge as one of several measures of quality, and hospitals deemed low quality are financially penalized.
This national study of cardiac surgical patients suggests that rehospitalization rates following adult cardiac surgery may not be a stable marker of quality and should not be used in hospital benchmark.
The guidance is published in the journal Heart.
More information:
Shayan Ebrahimian et al, Evaluation of hospital readmission rates as a quality metric in adult cardiac surgery, Heart (2023). DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2023-322671
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles