Readmissions and Mortality Measures

Owned by Joseph Gulotta
Last updated: Aug 24, 2015

These are outcome measures that are reported in the CMS Quarterly update.  The readmission measures rates reflect readmits within 30 days of discharge.  Regarding mortality, the measure reflects death within 30 days of hospital admission.  It is important to note that the date range for these measures is 3 years long, and while they are included in the CMS Quarterly update, they are generally only changed annually.  Because of this, we replace them in pellucid with newer versions of the same data with quarterly updates until it is time to introduce the new date range.

Acquiring data on All Mortality Rate Measures 

select a.* from entity_values as a, measure_groups_measures as b
where a.measure_id = b.measure_id 
and a.entity_id = ######
and b.measure_group_id = 43

 

idname_internalauthor_measure_id
10079Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Mortality RateMORT-30-AMI
10080Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Mortality RateMORT-30-HF
10081Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Mortality RateMORT-30-PN
12127Average Medicare hospital 30-day mortality rates for heart failure, heart attack, and pneumonia*

MORT_30_PNHFAMI


 

*The 30-day mortality composite measure was calculated by IPRO. At the hospital level, this composite measure is a weighted average of those 3 conditions' risk-adjusted rates, using the caseload as the weights.  The IL State public report does not include this measure

Acquiring data on All Readmission Rate Measures 

select a.* from entity_values as a, measure_groups_measures as b
where a.measure_id = b.measure_id 
and a.entity_id = ######
and b.measure_group_id = 42

 

idname_internalauthor_measure_id
10083Hospital 30-Day Readmission Rates for PneumoniaREADM-30-PN
10084Hospital 30-Day Readmission Rates for Heart FailureREADM-30-HF
10085Hospital 30-Day Readmission Rates for Heart AttackREADM-30-AMI
10781Average Medicare hospital 30-day readmission rates for heart failure, heart attack, and pneumonia**READM_30_PNHFAMI
16282Total hip arthroplasty (THA) and/or total knee arthroplasty (TKA) 30-day Readmissions Rate***READM-30-HIP-KNEE
16284 Hospital-wide 30-day unplanned readmission rate***READM-30-HOSPWIDE

 

**The 30-day readmission composite measure was calculated by IPRO. At the hospital level, this composite measure is a weighted average of those 3 conditions' risk-adjusted rates, using the caseload as the weights.  The IL State public report does not include this measure

***Measures 16282 and 16284 are not included in the IL Hospital Report Card