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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedLorch SA, Passarella M, Zeigler A
Challenges to measuring variation in readmission rates of neonatal intensive care patients.
The authors examined the viability of a hospital readmission quality metric for infants requiring neonatal intensive care. They found that the California cohort showed significant variation in hospital-level readmission rates, supporting the premise that readmission rates of prematurely born infants may reflect care quality. However, state data did not include term and early term infants requiring neonatal intensive care, and there were extensive missing data in the few states with sufficient information on managed care patients to calculate state-level measures. They concluded that constructing a valid readmission measure for NICU care across diverse states and regions requires improved data collection.
AHRQ-funded; HS018661; HS020508.
Citation: Lorch SA, Passarella M, Zeigler A .
Challenges to measuring variation in readmission rates of neonatal intensive care patients.
Acad Pediatr 2014 Sep-Oct;14(5 Suppl):S47-53. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2014.06.010.
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Keywords: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Newborns/Infants, Quality Indicators (QIs), Quality Measures, Hospital Readmissions
Schiltz NK, Finkelstein Rosenthal B, Crowley MA
Rehospitalization during the first year of life by insurance status.
The authors assessed the association of insurance status on infant rehospitalization in a population-based setting. They found that Medicaid coverage and being uninsured were strong predictors of rehospitalizations, with Medicaid bearing a disproportionate share of the economic burden. Normal birth weight infants had the lowest risk. They further found that jaundice and acute bronchiolitis were the leading causes of rehospitalization within 30 days and 1 year, respectively.
AHRQ-funded; HS000059.
Citation: Schiltz NK, Finkelstein Rosenthal B, Crowley MA .
Rehospitalization during the first year of life by insurance status.
Clin Pediatr 2014 Aug;53(9):845-53. doi: 10.1177/0009922814536924.
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Keywords: Health Insurance, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Hospital Readmissions, Newborns/Infants, Medicaid, Newborns/Infants