What are Baptist Health Lexington Heart Attack Patients Being readmitted for?

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Dexur analyzed Oct 2016 to Aug 2019 Medicare claims data and determined of the 296 Heart Attack hospitalizations at Baptist Health Lexington, 63 were readmitted which was a readmission rate of 21.28%.

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What are Patients Readmitted for?	Total Readmissions - Oct 2016 to Aug 2019	Share of Readmissions (%)	Avg. LOS when Readmitted
All	63	100	5.87

Top Doctors for Heart Attack at Baptist Health Lexington

Physician Name	Total Medicare hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
WILLIAM HAL SKINNER	27
AARON SCHNELL	13
MICHAEL J SHIH	11

Where are patients getting readmitted after Heart Attack hospitalizations at Baptist Health Lexington?

Total Readmissions of Baptist Health Lexington = 63 (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
Kentucky	63.89 (Share of Readmissions back to same hospital)	2,135
Baptist Health Lexington share of readmissions from Baptist Health Lexington