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Predicting death and readmission after intensive care discharge [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Despite initial recovery from critical illness, many patients deteriorate after discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU). We examined prospectively collected data in an attempt to identify patients at risk of readmission or death after ...
B.H. Cuthbertson, J.A. Cook, A.J. Campbell, Cuthbertson, BH, Cook, Jonathan Alistair, Adey, Gillian, Campbell, AJ, Cook, JA, Campbell, Alison J., Cuthbertson, Brian, G. Adey, Adey, G   +11 more
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Sex differences in hospital readmission among colorectal cancer patients. [PDF]

, 2005
Background: While several studies have analysed sex and socioeconomic differences in cancer incidence and mortality, sex differences in oncological health care have been seldom considered.
Peris, Mercè, Ribes Puig, Josepa, González Ruiz, Juan Ramón, Cambray i Amenós, Maria, Borràs Andrés, Josep Maria, Navarro, Matilde, Fernández Muñoz, Esteve, Moreno Aguado, Víctor   +7 more
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Predictive Risk Modelling of Hospital Emergency Readmission, and Temporal Comorbidity Index Modelling Using Machine Learning Methods [PDF]

, 2017
This thesis considers applications of machine learning techniques in hospital emergency readmission and comorbidity risk problems, using healthcare administrative data. The aim is to introduce generic and robust solution approaches that can be applied to
Mesgarpour, M.
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Tackling the readmission epidemic: a resident teaching service perspective [PDF]

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2013
Background: Readmission rates are projected to serve as quality measures that have the potential to negatively impact hospital and physician reimbursement. Individual physicians and hospitals are developing plans to reduce readmission rates.
Ravi K. Sharma, Pradeep Dhakarwal, Janelle Violago, Robin Bhasin, Ibrahim Ghobrial   +4 more
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Hospital readmission within 30 days of older adults hospitalized in a public hospital

Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022
Older adults have difficulty monitoring their drug therapy in the first thirty days following hospital discharge. This transition care period may trigger hospital readmissions.
Fabiana Silvestre dos Santos, Adriano Max Moreira Reis   +1 more
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Triumph of hope over experience: learning from interventions to reduce avoidable hospital admissions identified through an Academic Health and Social Care Network. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Internationally health services are facing increasing demands due to new and more expensive health technologies and treatments, coupled with the needs of an ageing population.
Woodhams, V, Head, Graham, Al-Sharifi, H, Woodhams, Victoria, Hilton, Sean, Head, G, Desombre, Terry, Debar Safia, Al Sharifi, Houda, Desombre Terry, Debar, Safia, Debar, S, Mughal, S, Desombre, T, Hilton, S, Head Graham, Al Sharifi Houda, de Lusignan Simon, Desombre, TR, Mughal, Shakeel, de Lusignan, S, de Lusignan, Simon, Mughal Shakeel, Woodhams Victoria, Hilton Sean, Al Sharifi, H, Sean Hilton, Shakeel Mughal, Safia Debar, Victoria Woodhams, Houda Al Sharifi, Simon de Lusignan, Graham Head, Terry Desombre   +33 more
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Readmission rates in not-for-profit vs. proprietary hospitals before and after the hospital readmission reduction program implementation

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act established the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) to penalize hospitals with excessive 30-day hospital readmissions of Medicare enrollees for specific conditions. This policy was aimed
Lauren E. Birmingham, Willie H. Oglesby
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Elements of the care environment influence coronary artery bypass surgery readmission

Surgery Open Science, 2022
Background: Coronary artery bypass grafting 30-day unplanned readmission is a focus for the CMS Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. Awareness of the critical elements of the care delivery environment, including hospital infrastructure and patient ...
Michael P. Rogers, MD, MS, Evelena Cousin-Peterson, MD, Tara M. Barry, MD, Marshall S. Baker, MD, MBA, Paul C. Kuo, MD, MS, MBA, Haroon M. Janjua, MS   +5 more
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Frequency, risk factors, and outcomes of hospital readmissions of COVID-19 patients

Scientific Reports, 2021
To determine the proportion of patients with COVID-19 who were readmitted to the hospital and the most common causes and the factors associated with readmission. Multicenter nationwide cohort study in Spain.
Antonio Ramos-Martínez, Lina Marcela Parra-Ramírez, Ignacio Morrás, María Carnevali, Lorena Jiménez-Ibañez, Manuel Rubio-Rivas, Francisco Arnalich, José Luis Beato, Daniel Monge, Uxua Asín, Carmen Suárez, Santiago Jesús Freire, Manuel Méndez-Bailón, Isabel Perales, José Loureiro-Amigo, Ana Belén Gómez-Belda, Paula María Pesqueira, Ricardo Gómez-Huelgas, Carmen Mella, Luis Felipe Díez-García, Joaquim Fernández-Sola, Ruth González-Ferrer, Marina Aroza, Juan Miguel Antón-Santos, Carlos Lumbreras Bermejo   +24 more
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A risk score to predict 30-day hospital readmission rate in cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

European Journal of Medical Research, 2023
Background and aim There is lack of 30-day hospital readmission prediction score in patients with liver cirrhosis and SBP. The aim of this study is to recognize factors capable of predicting 30-day readmission and to develop a readmission risk score in ...
Nasser Mousa, Ahmed Abdel-Razik, Sherif Elbaz, Mohamed Salah, Mohammed Abdelaziz, Alaa Habib, Ahmed Deib, Abdel-Naser Gadallah, Niveen El-wakeel, Waleed Eldars, Narmin effat, Ola El-Emam, Khaled Taha, Alaa Elmetwalli, Eman Mousa, Dina Elhammady   +15 more
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