Volume 52 | Number 3 | June 2017

Abstract List

Hrishikesh Chakraborty Ph.D., Robert Neal Axon M.D., M.S.C.R., Jordan Brittingham M.S.P.H., Genevieve Ray Lyons M.S.P.H., Laura Cole R.N., M.S.N., Christine B. Turley M.D.


Objective

To evaluate differences in hospital readmission risk across all payers in South Carolina ().


Data Sources/Study Setting

South Carolina Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office () statewide all payer claims database including 2,476,431 hospitalizations in acute care hospitals between 2008 and 2014.


Study Design

We compared the odds of unplanned all‐cause 30‐day readmission for private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, uninsured, and other payers and examined interaction effects between payer and index admission characteristics using generalized estimating equations.


Data Collection

receives claims and administrative health care data from all health care facilities in accordance with state law.


Principal Findings

Odds of readmission were lower for females compared to males in private, Medicare, and Medicaid payers. African Americans had higher odds of readmission compared to whites across private insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid, but they had lower odds among the uninsured. Longer length of stay had the strongest association with readmission for private and other payers, whereas an increased number of comorbidities related to the highest readmission odds within Medicaid.


Conclusions

Associations between index admission characteristics and readmission likelihood varied significantly with payer. Findings should guide the development of payer‐specific quality improvement programs.