In this section of the Transition to Medicare report, we invite you to explore quality through measures of hospitalization and other complications, among patients making their initial transition into Medicare.
Below, we highlight some findings to get you started exploring this topic. You may access the measures using our interactive report to explore them further on your own.
Starter insight: Hospitalization and harm
Unadjusted hospitalization and 30-day re-hospitalization rates rise leading up to the initial transition to Medicare. Rates stabilize or fall slightly in the two years following transition. What more can be done to prevent hospitalization events for those transitioning coverage?
Starter insight: Hospitalization and harm
All-cause admissions for individuals with heart failure, diabetes and multiple chronic conditions do not signal more admissions are occurring during the year of transition to Medicare. Why do these measures trend differently from the other hospitalization measures in the report?
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