Hospital readmission performance and patterns of readmission: retrospective cohort study of Medicare admissions.

The article presents the study which examined the readmission performance and patterns of readmission of high performing hospitals with low 30 day readmission rates and lower performing hospitals with higher rates of readmission. The study was conducted to Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older in the U.S. The results showed that hospitals could best lessen readmissions with strategies that reduce readmission risk worldwide.