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April 27, 2017

MetroWest medical center average for readmissions

MetroWest Medical Center matched the most recent state average for how often patients are readmitted, according to new data released Wednesday from the state Center for Health Information and Analysis.

The hospital, which has hospital campuses in Framingham and Natick, had a readmission rate of 15.8 percent. That percentage of patients returned to a hospital within 30 days of their first admittance. They usually returned to MetroWest but were also readmitted to other hospitals.

Patients at MetroWest most often returned for heart failure, but also for blood infections, alcohol abuse and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. More than one-third of readmittances occurred within a week, the report found.

Here are the 2011-2015 readmission rates for each hospital in Central Massachusetts:

  • Harrington Memorial Hospital, Southbridge: 13.7 percent

  • Milford Regional Medical Center, Milford: 15.1 percent

  • Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester: 15.1 percent

  • Athol Hospital, Athol: 15.3 percent

  • Heywood Hospital, Gardner: 15.3 percent

    • UMass Memorial - HealthAlliance Hospital, Leominster: 15.6 percent

    • MetroWest Medical Center, Framingham and Natick: 15.8 percent

  • UMass Memorial - Marlborough Hospital: 16.8 percent

    • Nashoba Valley Medical Center, Ayer: 17.2 percent

    • UMass Memorial - Clinton Hospital, Clinton: 18 percent

    • UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester: 18.2 percent

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