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    URSA-PHF-030b: 7-Day All-Cause Readmissions
    • 27 Apr 2023
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    URSA-PHF-030b: 7-Day All-Cause Readmissions

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    Measure Description

    Among hospital inpatient admissions, the percentage with readmission within 7 days of discharge

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    • Measure Type: Rate Measure
    • Temporal Structure: Event
    • Component Class: Normal-Form
    • Denominator Case Field: Index Admission Encounter ID
    • Target Direction: Down

    Denominator Description

    Hospital inpatient admissions for plan members with medical claim coverage, excluding admissions with a discharge status indicating the patient expired, was transferred to inpatient status at another hospital, or had a planned readmission.

    Numerator Description

    Count of all-cause readmissions with admit date within 7 days of discharge from the index admission.

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