What are Merit Health River Region Diabetes Patients Being readmitted for?

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Dexur analyzed Oct 2016 to Aug 2019 Medicare claims data and determined of the 78 Diabetes hospitalizations at Merit Health River Region, 20 were readmitted which was a readmission rate of 25.64%.

This data is unique since the hospitals themselves don’t have this information (e.g. if you are admitted at Merit Health River Region and readmitted at Promise Hospital Of Vicksburg , Merit Health Central , St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital , Select Specialty Hospital - Jackson & The University of Mississippi Medical Center , Merit Health River Region 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	20	100	13.95

Top Doctors for Diabetes at Merit Health River Region

Physician Name	Total Medicare hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
PAUL W PIERCE	20
SAMUEL LOUIS PIERCE	13
THOMAS K SLIGH	12

Where are patients getting readmitted after Diabetes hospitalizations at Merit Health River Region?

Total Readmissions of Merit Health River Region = 20 (Oct 2016 to Aug 2019)

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Hospital	Share of Readmission (%)	Total Readmissions - Oct 2016 to Aug 2019
National	63.58 (Share of Readmissions back to same hospital)	73,946
Mississippi	63.0 (Share of Readmissions back to same hospital)	1,273
Merit Health River Region share of readmissions from Merit Health River Region