Report Analyzes Pennsylvania Hospital Mortality, Readmission Rates – RWJF
A new report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) finds that, although hospitals in the state made progress between 2002 and 2008 toward reducing mortality rates, readmissions for several conditions increased during that time, Modern Healthcare reports. According to the report, between 2002 and 2008, the overall patient mortality rate for 20 conditions tracked by the organization declined from 5.1 percent to 4.2 percent, but readmission rates for 15 conditions increased from 18.3 percent to 19.1 percent.
