Pulled data from https://data.medicare.gov/dataset/Hospital-Outcome-Of-Care-Measures/f24z-mvb9 and then removed all entries with 'Not enough data.' Then back-calculated total number of patients by mortality rate ([numer deceased]/[mortality rate]). Broke down the data by state and calculated the readmit rate: [# of patients readmitted]/[total # of patients – # of patients deceased]. The numbers from these calculations were in general significantly lower than those reported by the healthcare organizations, so use data at your own discretion. These data were pulled in January 2013
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