The Hospital Readmission Percentage is defined as the percentage of patients discharged from the hospital (inpatient) who are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge1. This measure evaluates the quality of care given during the admission period and the coordination of care after discharge. The measure does not include planned readmissions. Unplanned readmission would indicate ineffective care, premature discharge, inadequate patient education, inadequate adherence to treatment after discharge. In this measure, the lower the number the better the performance.
Against a benchmark of 4.49, Gertrude’s children’s hospital has performed consistently well over the years as per graph below.2 Our readmission percentage have averaged 2.21% in past one year.
