Disparities in postpartum readmission by patient- and hospital-level social risk factors in the United States: A retrospective multistate analysis, 2015-2020

The leading cause of hospital admission in the United States is related to pregnancy and delivery, accounting for nearly 4 million hospitalizations and costing $16.1 billion annually.1,2 Postpartum readmission following discharge from childbirth hospitalization has become a potential area of focus for improving the quality of obstetric care and reducing costs.3 However, unlike the United States Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services ’ Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), which consists of six specific condition or procedure-related readmission measures primarily occurring among the older patient population, a standardized metric for calculating risk-adjusted readmission rates following childbirth currently does not exist.
Source: International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research