Hospital Admission Versus Readmission Costs, 2020

Hospital Admission vs. Readmission Costs, 2020. Drawings of hospitals showing average cost of admissions overall of $14,500 and average cost of a single hospital readmission of $16,300, or 12.4% higher.

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Source: AHRQ Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #304, Characteristics of 30-Day All-Cause Hospital Readmissions, 2016-2020. https://hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb304-readmissions-2016-2020.jsp

Page last reviewed November 2023

Page originally created November 2023

Internet Citation: Hospital Admission Versus Readmission Costs, 2020. Content last reviewed November 2023. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
https://www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/hospital-readmission-costs.html

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