Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Medicare Reimbursement and 30-Day Readmissiosn by State, 2003

A scatter plot showing a positive linear correlation between Medicare reimbursement per enrollee and Medicare 30-day readmissions as percent of total admissions (R squared = 0.42).

Data: Medicare reimbursement—2003 Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care; Medicare readmissions—2003 Medicare SAF 5% Inpatient Data
Source: Commonwelath Fund State Scorecard on Health Systems Performance, 2007