Overall, there were approximately 3,300,000 all-cause 30-day readmissions across all payer types. Medicare patients accounted for 1,800,000 readmissions, Medicaid patients experienced 700,000 readmissions, privately insured patients experienced 600,000 readmissions and uninsured patients experienced 200,000 readmissions.
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Here are the top 10 conditions with the most all-cause 30-day readmissions for uninsured patients in 2011, listed in descending order by total number of readmissions.
1. Maintenance chemotherapy; radiotherapy — 25,500
2. Mood disorders — 19,600
3. Surgical, medical complications — 18,000
4. Complication of device; implant or graft — 16,900
5. Septicemia (except in labor) — 12,700
6. Diabetes mellitus with complications — 12,700
7. Secondary malignancies — 12,000
8. Early or threatened labor — 11,300
9. Pancreatic disorders (not diabetes) — 11,000
10. Coronary atherosclerosis, other heart disease — 10,800
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