Development and Validation of an Algorithm to Identify Planned Readmissions From Claims Data.
Leora I HorwitzJacqueline N GradyDorothy B CohenZhenqiu LinMark VolpeChi K NgoAndrew L MasicaTheodore LongJessica WangMegan KeenanJulia MontagueLisa G SuterJoseph S RossElizabeth E DryeHarlan M KrumholzSusannah M BernheimPublished in: Journal of hospital medicine (2015)
An administrative claims-based algorithm to identify planned readmissions is feasible and can facilitate public reporting of primarily unplanned readmissions.