The Role of Readmission Risk Assessment in Reducing Potentially Avoidable Rehospitalizations

Readmission to the hospital within a few days of discharge can be disconcerting to patients and may be linked to inadequacies in care delivery during transition from the hospital.1,2 In recent years, increasing payer interest in curtailing payments for early rehospitalization and the advent of public reporting of 30-day readmission rates have prompted providers across the country to focus on finding ways to reduce potentially avoidable hospital readmissions.3,4 Although broad-ranging improvements in the qualit