Thirty-day hospital readmission following discharge from postacute rehabilitation in fee-for-service Medicare patients.

Abstract

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act¹ created the hospital readmission reduction program to reduce readmissions and improve patient transitions from acute care. Research examining 30-day readmission has focused on patients discharged from acute care hospitals.^2,3 Patients discharged to postacute care institutional settings have been excluded from previous research on hospital readmission.^3-6 Little research on hospital readmission has been reported for patients receiving postacute services.