Factors Associated With 30-Day Readmission Rates After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Abstract

Thirty-day readmission rates have become a quality performance measure, and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly reports hospital-level, 30-day, risk-standardized readmission rates for patients hospitalized with congestive heart failure (CHF), acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).1-3 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 will link quality outcomes, such as 30-day readmission rates, to hospital reimbursement with the expected implementation of value-based purchasing.4-6 Hence, there is great interest from hospitals and clinicians to understand and improve modifiable factors associated with 30-day readmission rates.