… to measure and publicly report on the conduct of discharge planning. We … publicly report
data on discharge planning are unlikely to yield large reductions in unnecessary readmissions…

… it more likely that any readmission would be to the same … For hospital readmission, we
expected that discharge-planning … readmission rates for each condition in relation to discharge-…

… As discharge planning improved at the inpatient facilities in this study, so did rates of
patients' compliance with outpatient follow-up. Most likely the increase in compliance can be …

… The cost of unplanned readmissions is 15 to 20 billion dollars annually [2,3]. Preventing
avoidable readmissions … of stay and readmission rates with discharge planning, while mortality …

… at hospital discharge may be one of the main modifiable factors. Still, there is insufficient
evidence that improving discharge communication results in lower readmission rates and other …

… 45 interdisciplinary team or discharge planning meetings with over 1200 … readmission rates
and covary with processes which we did observe, such as communication of medical plans …

… reduce hospital readmission rates and adverse events by focusing on high-quality discharge
… letter templates, discharge planning guidelines and medication reconciliation checklists are …

… One of these provided early discharge planning (a single-component intervention) to high-risk …
States, hastened by implementation of public reporting and financial penalties for excess …

… mandated reporting of hospital-level 30-day readmission rates for … Public reporting of
outcomes as hospital performance … Public reporting of discharge planning may have no effect on …

… In this case, Medicare began publicly reporting readmission metrics in 2009 on the Hospital
Compare Web site (16), and providers would not have known that financial penalties would …