What are Merit Health Central Alcohol & Drug Abuse Patients Being readmitted for?

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Dexur analyzed Oct 2016 to Aug 2019 Medicare claims data and determined of the 74 Alcohol & Drug Abuse hospitalizations at Merit Health Central, 27 were readmitted which was a readmission rate of 36.49%.

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	27	100	4.74
Alcohol/Drug Abuse Or Dependence

Top Doctors for Alcohol & Drug Abuse at Merit Health Central

Physician Name	Total Medicare hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
JOSEPH A. KWENTUS	23

Where are patients getting readmitted after Alcohol & Drug Abuse hospitalizations at Merit Health Central?

Total Readmissions of Merit Health Central = 27 (Oct 2016 to Aug 2019)

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Hospital	Share of Readmission (%)	Total Readmissions - Oct 2016 to Aug 2019
National	37.8 (Share of Readmissions back to same hospital)	62,875
Mississippi	27.26 (Share of Readmissions back to same hospital)	939
Merit Health Central share of readmissions from Merit Health Central