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I don't understand how their readmission rates are so low at 2.9%, I was just checking some stats on that at the link below, typical readmission rates are 15-20

I don't understand how their readmission rates are so low at 2.9%, I was just checking some stats on that at the link below, typical readmission rates are 15-20%: https://data.medicare.gov/Hospital-Compare/Hospital-Readmission-Rates/92ps-fthr/data https://data.medicare.gov/Hospital-Compare/Hospital-Readmiss...

Fomite 8y ago
"Tiny hospitals" have low readmission rates, because the complicated patients with lots of readmissions get transferred to tertiary care centers. This also came up in things like Consumer Reports and their analysis of hospital acquired infection data. Small community hospitals with uncomplicated patients end up looking really good.