What are Merit Health Central Heart Attack Patients Being readmitted for?

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Dexur analyzed Oct 2016 to Aug 2019 Medicare claims data and determined of the 146 Heart Attack hospitalizations at Merit Health Central, 39 were readmitted which was a readmission rate of 26.71%.

This data is unique since the hospitals themselves don’t have this information (e.g. if you are admitted at Merit Health Central and readmitted at St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital , Select Specialty Hospital - Jackson , The University of Mississippi Medical Center , Mississippi State Hospital & Mississippi Baptist Medical Center , Merit Health Central won’t have that information).
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What are Patients Readmitted for?	Total Readmissions - Oct 2016 to Aug 2019	Share of Readmissions (%)	Avg. LOS when Readmitted
All	39	100	9.41

Top Doctors for Heart Attack at Merit Health Central

Physician Name	Total Medicare hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
DENZIL G ROBERTSON	35
CARTER WATTERS	27
GARY M SCHNEIDER	26

Where are patients getting readmitted after Heart Attack hospitalizations at Merit Health Central?

Total Readmissions of Merit Health Central = 39 (Oct 2016 to Aug 2019)

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Hospital	Share of Readmission (%)	Total Readmissions - Oct 2016 to Aug 2019
National	62.99 (Share of Readmissions back to same hospital)	98,349
Mississippi	58.74 (Share of Readmissions back to same hospital)	1,035
Merit Health Central share of readmissions from Merit Health Central