Soaring Medicare Costs for Unplanned Hospitalizations Underscore Need to Reduce Readmissions

According to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine, about 1 in 5 hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries were readmitted within 30 days after discharge. Unplanned rehospitalizations cost Medicare $17.4 billion in 2004.
The Project BOOST toolkit has been downloaded more than 4,000 times.
Project BOOST has been implemented at more than 150 sites nationwide.
Early data from six sites that have implemented Project BOOST reveal a reduction in 30-day readmission rates to 11.2% from 14.2%, as well as a 21% reduction in 30-day, all-cause readmission rates.

Source: www.hospitalmedicine.org

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