Medicare Advantage Patients More Likely To Be Readmitted
People
with Medicare Advantage coverage are 6 percent more likely to be
readmitted within 30 days of an initial hospitalization compared with
people who have traditional Medicare fee-for-service coverage, according
to a new AHRQ-funded study. Even though Medicare
Advantage enrollees typically are younger and have fewer serious
illnesses, they had a higher likelihood of readmission even after study
authors controlled for risk and self-selection bias. Publishing
readmission rates among Medicare plans can offer enrollees new insights
about each plan’s quality of care and could spur development of programs
to reduce readmissions. The study, Likelihood of Hospital Readmission after First Discharge in the Year: Medicare Advantage vs. Fee-for-Service Patients, was published November 9 in Inquiry. A print copy is available by sending an e-mail to ahrqpubs@ahrq.hhs.gov.
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