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Post Cardiac Surgery |
38% |
Reduction in readmissions for infection |
350-bed hospital, near suburb of Baltimore, MD |
| ANNUAL PROJECTIONS |
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Control group = 430 |
3.02% |
readmission for infection |
52 |
readmissions per year |
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Care Kit group = 372 |
1.88% |
readmission for infection |
32 |
readmissions per year |
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Control Group is one quarter of retrospective data, 2001. Care Kit Group is same quarter, 2002 Selection criteria: patients discharged to home or home care. Data collected from medical records. |
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HIGHLIGHTS: Often hospitals think a readmission rate of less than 10% as “low,” but in fact returning patients represent a significant population even when recidivism is in single digit percentages. The hospital conducting this demonstration calculates its loss from a single unreimbursed readmission within 31 days post discharge at an average of $30,000 – all overhead and services included. Annual savings from Care Kit = 52-32 = 20 x $30,000 = $600,000 – $25,728 (total cost of distributing Care Kit to all 1600 patients) = $574,272 Net Savings. (Productivity gains and value of patient satisfaction would be additional financial benefits.) |