Lower rates are desirable.
Risk-adjusted readmission rate for each region = Observed number of readmissions for each region ÷ Expected number of readmissions for the region × Canadian average readmission rate
Unit of analysis: Episode of care
An episode of care refers to all contiguous inpatient hospitalizations and same-day surgery visits. For episodes with transfers within or between facilities, transactions were linked regardless of diagnoses. To construct an episode of care, a transfer is assumed to have occurred if either of the following conditions is met:
- An acute care hospitalization or a same-day surgery visit occurs less than seven hours after discharge from the previous acute care hospitalization or same-day surgery visit, regardless of whether the transfer is coded;
- An acute care hospitalization or same-day surgery visit occurs between 7 and 12 hours after discharge from the previous acute care hospitalization or same-day surgery visit, and at least one of the hospitalizations or visits has coded the transfer.
Number of AMI episodes of care discharged between April 1 and March 1 of the fiscal year
Cases within the denominator with a readmission for any reason within 30 days of discharge after the index episode of care
Comments
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