Did You Know?

Thirty-day all-cause hospital readmission rates in 2014 were highest for patients with

• congestive heart failure (23.2 per 100 admissions),
• schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders (22.9), and
• respiratory failure (21.6).

(Source: AHRQ, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #230: A Comparison of All-Cause 7-Day and 30-Day Readmissions, 2014.)