Managed Care Digest Series^® Spotlight

30-Day Readmission Rates Are Highest for Breast and Prostate Cancer

Cancer accounted for the two highest 30-day hospital readmission rates across the profiled conditions in 2018 (breast cancer: 15.2%;
prostate cancer: 14.5%).

Conversely, 30-day hospital readmission rates were lowest, by profiled disease state, for hypertension (8.0%), lipid disorders (9.0%), osteoarthritis (9.5%), and stroke (9.9%).

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Data source: IQVIA © 2020

¹ Data for stroke in 2018 vary from previous years due to changes in the ICD-10 codes. For details, see the methodology on pages 36–37. Unless otherwise specified, data include cases for primary
and secondary diagnoses.

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