Care Fragmentation and Readmission Mortality and Length of Stay Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Data from the National Readmissions Database, 2018–2020

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Examines fragmented readmissions, in which a patient returns to a hospital that is different than their prior admission, and the impact on in-hospital mortality and longer lengths-of-stay (LOS). Analyzes readmission data during the COVID-19 pandemic against 2018-2019 data and includes breakdowns according to patient sex, age, income, insurance status, and health condition, as well as hospital type and large metropolitan area, small metropolitan area, micropolitan, or non-metropolitan/non-micropolitan location.

Sara Turbow, Tiffany Walker, Steven Culler, Mohammed K. Ali

BMC Health Services Research, 24, 622

05/2024

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COVID-19 · Healthcare quality · Hospitals · Inpatient care · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data