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Assessment_BrooklynPresbytrianHospital-unplannedreadmissionrates.pdf
Brooklyn Presbyterian Hospital (BPH) Hospital re-‐admission rates through 6/30/2012
Description of measures below:
Measures of 30-‐day death (mortality) show when patients die, for any reason, within 30 days of admission to a hospital.
BPH U.S. NATIONAL RATE Rate of unplanned readmission for heart attack patients No Different than U.S. National Rate 18.30% Death rate for heart attack patients No Different than U.S. National Rate 15.20% Rate of unplanned readmission for heart failure patients Worse than U.S. National Rate 23.00% Death rate for heart failure patients No Different than U.S. National Rate 11.70% Rate of unplanned readmission for pneumonia patients Worse than U.S. National Rate 17.60% Death rate for pneumonia patients No Different than U.S. National Rate 11.90% Rate of unplanned readmission after hip/knee surgery No Different than U.S. National Rate 5.40% Rate of unplanned readmission after discharge from hospital (hospital-‐wide) Worse than U.S. National Rate 16.00%
Below, each hospital's performance on the death (mortality) and unplanned readmission measures is compared to the U.S. national observed rates for those measures. The performance results take into account how sick patients were before they were admitted to the hospital.
Measures of 30-‐day unplanned readmission show when patients who have had a recent hospital stay need to go back into a hospital again for unplanned care within 30 days of their initial discharge.
Patients who are admitted to the hospital for treatment of medical problems sometimes get other serious injuries, complications, or conditions, and may even die. Some patients may experience problems soon after they are discharged and need to be admitted to the hospital again. These events can often be prevented if hospitals follow best practices for treating patients.
Readmissions, Complications and Deaths:
