Detecting cause of readmission: a big data analytics approach.

• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20290534

Rehospitalizations within a month discharge lead to tremendous cost to health system in the United States. The Hospital readmission is a constant source of researchers analysis particular in the US where the hospitals face increased pressure to reduce avoidable readmissions under the federal value-based purchasing program. The readmission rate has dropped since the penalty was acted but it is largely owning to the decline in readmissions to the original hospital. Patients readmitted to a different hospital experienced longer hospital stays. On the other hand, patients with comorbid mental and physical illness are particularly vulnerable to readmission.