Asthma is a Significant Contributor to 30 Day Readmissions in Mississippi


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By: James Pitt  Jun. 19, 2018

Asthma is a chronic lung disease which narrows the airways. It affects over 25 million people in the US, including 7 million children. Risk factors for developing asthma include air pollution, poverty, and tobacco smoke. Though asthma is often regarded as a childhood disease, 8.8% of adults had asthma as of 2011-2014.

Dexur analysts examined hospital-level data at the twenty hospitals in Mississippi with the most Medicare-eligible inpatient discharges for asthma in 2013-2016. The average readmission rate across these hospitals was close to Mississippi's state average, so they are a fair representation of the state.

Asthma is associated with poverty, but it is also associated with urbanization. Ramos et. al (2006) found higher adult asthma hospitalization rates in more urbanized counties. In Mississippi, asthma 30-day readmission rates tended to be higher in more urbanized counties, defined here as counties where less of the population is rural.

Asthma 30-Day Readmissons Rate Mississippi Hospitals

The highest asthma readmission rate was 1.77% at Forrest General Hospital (Hattiesburg, MS), with Singing River Hospital (Pascagoula, MS) slightly lower at 1.72%. The lowest rates were 0.59% at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi (Oxford, MS).

Merit Health - Biloxi (Biloxi, MS) and Memorial Hospital at Gulfport (Gulfport, MS) had relatively low 30-day readmission rates for hospitals located in highly urbanized Harrison County. On the other hand, Magnolia Regional Health Center (Corinth, MS) had a high readmission rate of 1.52% despite Alcorn County's relatively low urbanization. Asthma was a disproportionate contributor to total 30-day readmissions at Magnolia Regional Health Center.

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  1. All Inpatient Total Discharges ( Jan 2013 to Dec 2016 )
  2. All Inpatient Total Discharges After Exclusion
  3. All Inpatient All Cause 30 Day Readmissions
  4. All Inpatient 30 Day Asthma Readmissions
  5. All Inpatient 30 Day Asthma Readmission Rate (%)
  6. All Inpatient State 30 Day Asthma Readmission Rate (%)
  7. All Inpatient National 30 Day Asthma Readmission Rate (%)
  8. All Inpatient % 30 Day Readmissions back to the Same Hospital
  9. All Inpatient 30 to 60 Day Asthma Readmissions
  10. All Inpatient 30 to 60 Day Asthma Readmission Rate (%)
  11. All Inpatient State 30 to 60 Day Asthma Readmission Rate (%)
  12. All Inpatient National 30 to 60 Day Asthma Readmission Rate (%)

From 2013-2016 for the below hospitals:

  1. North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo (Tupelo, MS)
  2. Forrest General Hospital (Hattiesburg, MS)
  3. St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital (Jackson, MS)
  4. University Of Mississippi Medical Center (Jackson, MS)
  5. Baptist Memorial Hospital - Desoto (Southaven, MS)
  6. Memorial Hospital at Gulfport (Gulfport, MS)
  7. Singing River Hospital (Pascagoula, MS)
  8. Anderson Regional Medical Center (Meridian, MS)
  9. Magnolia Regional Health Center (Corinth, MS)
  10. Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi (Oxford, MS)
  11. Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle (Columbus, MS)
  12. Greenwood Leflore Hospital (Greenwood, MS)
  13. South Central Regional Medical Center (Laurel, MS)
  14. Rush Foundation Hospital (Meridian, MS)
  15. Merit Health - Wesley (Hattiesburg, MS)
  16. Delta Regional Medical Center (Greenville, MS)
  17. Merit Health - River Region (Vicksburg, MS)
  18. Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center (McComb, MS)
  19. Merit Health - Biloxi (Biloxi, MS)
  20. Merit Health - Central (Jackson, MS)


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James Pitt

James Pitt is a science writer with experience in medical devices and textbook publishing. His hobbies include reading, flintknapping, and squinting at RStudio. He received a bachelor's in Human Evolutionary Biology from Harvard.