Effectiveness of an intermediate care hospital

"Having an ICH in the municipality facilitated shorter length of hospital stay and kept the risk of readmissions, mortality and post-hospitalization care needs at the same level as without an ICH."

Effectiveness of an intermediate care hospital on readmissions, mortality, activities of daily living and use of health care services among hospitalized adults aged 60 years and older—a controlled observational study
U Dahl, A Steinsbekk, R Johnsen
BMC Health Services Research, 2015, 15:351

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Initiatives to reduce length of stay in acute hospital settings

"There is consistent, albeit limited, evidence that enhanced recovery programmes may reduce length of patient hospital stay without increasing readmission rates."

Initiatives to reduce length of stay in acute hospital settings: a rapid synthesis of evidence relating to enhanced recovery programmes
F Paton, D Chambers, P Wilson, A Eastwood, D Craig, D Fox, D Jayne, E McGinnes
National Institute for Health Research
Health Services and Delivery Research, 2014, 2(21)

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Hospital readmission performance and patterns of readmission

"These findings suggest that lower readmission rates might best be achieved through use of general strategies and capacities that lower readmission risk globally rather than for specific diagnoses or time periods after admission."

Hospital readmission performance and patterns of readmission: retrospective cohort study of Medicare admissions
K Dharmarajan, et al.
British Medical Journal, 2013, 347:f6571

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Variation in surgical-readmission rates and quality of hospital care

"Hospitals with high surgical volume and low surgical mortality have lower rates of surgical readmission than other hospitals."

Variation in surgical-readmission rates and quality of hospital care
TC Tsai, KE Joynt, J Orav, AA Gawande, AK Jha
New England Journal of Medicine, 2013, 369:1134-42

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Making the case for cardiac rehabilitation

"The analysis adds to existing evidence that CR saves lives and reduces readmissions by indicating that it also has the potential to save money."

Making the case for cardiac rehabilitation: modelling potential impact on readmissions
M Kaiser, M Varvel, P Doherty
NHS Improvement - Heart
March 2013

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Making the case for cardiac rehabilitation

"The primary purpose of the study was to examine the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) potential of CR and to establish whether the benefits of CR outweigh the costs in terms of the potential impact on readmissions alone."

Making the case for cardiac rehabilitation: modelling potential impact on readmissions
M Kaiser, M Varvel, P Doherty
NHS Improvement
March 2013

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Contemporary evidence about hospital strategies for reducing 30-day readmissions

"Although most hospitals have a written objective of reducing preventable readmissions of patients with heart failure or acute myocardial infarction, the implementation of recommended practices varied widely."

Contemporary evidence about hospital strategies for reducing 30-day readmissions: a national study
EH Bradley, et al.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2012, online first

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Preventing emergency readmissions to hospital

"This report presents a scoping review of the evidence and potential for use of ‘emergency readmissions within 28 days of discharge from hospital’ as an indicator within the NHS Outcomes Framework."

Preventing emergency readmissions to hospital: a scoping review
E Nolte, M Roland, S Guthrie, L Brereton
RAND Europe
January 2012

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Reducing hospital readmissions

"This report offers a synthesis of findings from four case studies of hospitals with exceptionally low readmission rates."

Reducing hospital readmissions: lessons from top-performing hospitals
S Silow-Carroll, JN Edwards
The Commonwealth Fund
April 2011

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