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Key Points Question What is the nationwide proportional change in 30-day hospital readmission among US patients with ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke between 2010 and 2015? Findings In this 6-year population-based cohort study of approximately 2 million adult patients with stroke, 13.7% of patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, 12.4% of patients with acute ischemic stroke, and 11.5% of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage were readmitted within 30 days. Among all patients with stroke, 30-day hospital readmission declined by an annual mean of 3.3% between 2010 and 2014. Meaning It seems that national estimates can be used to benchmark performance, and a temporal trend of 3.3% may be used to evaluate the effectiveness of readmission reduction strategies among patients with stroke.