30-Day Inpatient Rehab Readmission Risk Calculator

Hospital readmissions have become a major target of both quality improvement and cost savings at the forefront of ongoing health care reform initiatives. Readmission after hospital discharge represents not only a clinically relevant event for patients and caregivers, but also an expensive and potentially avoidable occurrence for hospitals and health systems. This readmission risk calculator specifically looks at 30-day readmission risk to acute care hospitals from inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs).

To use this calculator:

  1. Choose an impairment category.
  2. Enter the demographic and clinical characteristics in the resulting form.
  3. Click Calculate Risk to get a total score.
  4. The point sum produced can be matched with a percent risk in the table below.

Authors

  • Tawnee L. Sparling, MD (Spaulding Rehabilitation)
  • Erika Yih, MD (Spaulding Rehabilitation)
  • Richard Goldstein, PhD (Spaulding Rehabilitation)
  • Chloe Slocum, MD (Spaulding Rehabilitation)
  • Colleen M. Ryan, MD (Mass General Hospital, Shriners Burns Hospital)
  • Ross Zafonte, DO (Spaulding Rehabilitation)
  • Jeffrey Schneider, MD (Spaulding Rehabilitation)

The information available on this website (together, the “Tool”) is provided solely for informational purposes and should only be used by licensed healthcare providers. The Tool was developed by clinicians at The Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Corporation (“Spaulding”) and is intended to provide decision support to healthcare providers who would like to use the scoring system described in Sparling TL, Yih ET, Goldstein R, et al. Development of a 30-Day Readmission Risk Calculator for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2022;23(12):1964-1970 as an aid in evaluating potential for 30-day readmission risk to acute care hospitals from inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs).

The Tool is not intended to replace any screening or diagnostic tools, replace or direct medical judgment, or override or supersede guidance from government and health organizations, and it has not been reviewed or approved by FDA. The Tool is not intended for use by patients or caregivers who are not licensed healthcare providers.

The Tool is provided “AS IS.” Spaulding and any and all of its affiliated institutions, including but not limited to Mass General Brigham Incorporated (f/k/a Partners HealthCare System, Inc.), is not responsible for ensuring that use of the Tool will be clinically sound, without error, or otherwise successful. By choosing to use the Tool, a user assumes all risk and bears all responsibility and liability. Spaulding, and any and all of its affiliated institutions, specifically disclaims all warranties, express, implied or statutory, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and noninfringement.

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