Note: Costs were defined as the actual expenses incurred in the production of hospital services (such as wages, supplies and utility costs). A readmission was defined as a patient who was hospitalized within 30 days of a previous hospital admission.
Costs of 8 Top Medicaid Readmission Conditions
Here are the hospital costs of the eight most common Medicaid readmissions in 2011, according to an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality statistical brief.
