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- Title
Comparison of rehospitalization rates in France and the United States.
- Authors
Gusmano, Michael; Rodwin, Victor; Weisz, Daniel; Cottenet, Jonathan; Quantin, Catherine
- Abstract
Objective: To compare rates of 30-day all-cause rehospitalization in France and the US among patients aged 65 years and older and explain any difference between the countries.Methods: To calculate rehospitalization rates in France, we use an individual identifying variable in the national hospital administrative dataset to track unique individuals aged 65 years or more hospitalized in France in 2010. To calculate the proportion of rehospitalized patients (65þ) who received outpatient visits between the time of initial discharge and rehospitalization, we linked the hospital database with a database that includes all medical and surgical admissions. We used step by step regression models to predict rehospitalization.Results: Rates of rehospitalization in France (14.7%) are lower than among Medicare beneficiaries in the US (20%). We find that age, sex, patient morbidity and the ownership status of the hospital are all correlated with rehospitalization in France.Conclusions: Lower rates of rehospitalization in France appear to be due to a combination of better access to primary care, better health among the older French population, longer lengths of stay in French hospitals and the fact that French nursing homes do not face the same financial incentive to rehospitalize residents.
- Subjects
FRANCE; UNITED States; MEDICARE; AGE distribution; COMPARATIVE studies; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation; DIAGNOSIS related groups; HEALTH services accessibility; HEALTH status indicators; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; OUTPATIENT services in hospitals; MAPS; REGRESSION analysis; SEX distribution; TIME; PRIVATE sector; PUBLIC sector; PREDICTIVE validity; DISEASE incidence; PATIENT readmissions; STATISTICAL models; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio
- Publication
Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 2015, Vol 20, Issue 1, p18
- ISSN
1355-8196
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1355819614551849