Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

April 9 2013 20130409

Health Law at Three Years Highlights Coverage, Cost, and Quality Improvements

Other Patient & Consumer Resources

• One in four patients experiences revolving-door hospitalizations

Clinicians & Providers

• One in four patients experiences revolving-door hospitalizations
• Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
• Study reveals high rates of rehospitalizations and emergency pain treatment for sickle cell disease

Hospital & Health System Resources

• For 1 in 10 Medicaid patients, it's back to the hospital in a month
• One in four patients experiences revolving-door hospitalizations
• Patients who undergo knee ligament reconstruction do better when the doctor or hospital perform it frequently
• Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
• Re-engineered discharge project dramatically reduces return trips to the hospital
• Study reveals high rates of rehospitalizations and emergency pain treatment for sickle cell disease

Policymaker Resources

• For 1 in 10 Medicaid patients, it's back to the hospital in a month
• One in four patients experiences revolving-door hospitalizations
• Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
• Study reveals high rates of rehospitalizations and emergency pain treatment for sickle cell disease

Research Activities Newsletter Articles

January 1 2013 20130101

Aldosterone antagonist therapy at hospital discharge linked to modest reduced risk of rehospitalization for heart failure

December 1 2012 20121201

One-third of patients with hospital-acquired infections are readmitted

December 1 2012 20121201

Study reveals patterns of readmissions to the intensive care unit

November 1 2012 20121101

Study questions usefulness of hospital readmission rates as marker of care quality for pediatric sickle cell disease

June 1 2012 20120601

Men more likely to be readmitted to hospital after discharge

July 1 2011 20110701

Language barriers related to increased hospital readmissions for Chinese- and Spanish-speaking patients

July 1 2011 20110701

Readmissions in 30 days or less account for 1 in 9 hospital admissions

March 1 2011 20110301

Re-engineered discharge project dramatically reduces return trips to the hospital

July 1 2010 20100701

One in four patients experiences revolving-door hospitalizations

June 1 2010 20100601

For 1 in 10 Medicaid patients, it's back to the hospital in a month

June 1 2010 20100601

Patients who undergo knee ligament reconstruction do better when the doctor or hospital perform it frequently

June 1 2010 20100601

Study reveals high rates of rehospitalizations and emergency pain treatment for sickle cell disease

Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

April 9 2013 20130409

Health Law at Three Years Highlights Coverage, Cost, and Quality Improvements

Other News & Events

• AHRQ Toolkit Can Help Hospitals Lower Preventable Readmissions
• Aldosterone antagonist therapy at hospital discharge linked to modest reduced risk of rehospitalization for heart failure
• For 1 in 10 Medicaid patients, it's back to the hospital in a month
• Language barriers related to increased hospital readmissions for Chinese- and Spanish-speaking patients
• Men more likely to be readmitted to hospital after discharge
• One in four patients experiences revolving-door hospitalizations
• One-third of patients with hospital-acquired infections are readmitted
• Patients who undergo knee ligament reconstruction do better when the doctor or hospital perform it frequently
• Re-engineered discharge project dramatically reduces return trips to the hospital
• Readmissions in 30 days or less account for 1 in 9 hospital admissions
• Study questions usefulness of hospital readmission rates as marker of care quality for pediatric sickle cell disease
• Study reveals high rates of rehospitalizations and emergency pain treatment for sickle cell disease
• Study reveals patterns of readmissions to the intensive care unit