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Hospital Readmissions Among the Elderly

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1985
This paper investigates the six‐month hospital readmission rates among 444 patients 65 years of age or older admitted to a large metropolitan teaching hospital who had a primary discharge diagnosis of cerebrovascular disease, hip fracture, or congestive heart failure.
J, Gooding, A M, Jette
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Predictors of Hospital Readmission

Evaluation & the Health Professions, 1991
Summarizing the results of research related to identifying potential predictors of hospital readmissions has been difficult because of conflicting results across studies. Using the techniques of meta-analysis, the results from 44 studies were examined in the present study. OveralI the mean readmission rate was 27%, with significant differences based on
K L, Soeken, P A, Prescott, D G, Herron, J, Creasia   +3 more
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Hospital Readmission After Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2006
Data exist on the morbidity and mortality of patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), but there are few reports about hospital readmissions after this procedure. Our aim was to evaluate the number of and reasons for readmission after PD and the factors influencing readmission.
Dawn M, Emick, Taylor S, Riall, John L, Cameron, Jordan M, Winter, Keith D, Lillemoe, Joann, Coleman, Patricia K, Sauter, Charles J, Yeo   +7 more
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Preventability of emergent hospital readmission

The American Journal of Medicine, 1991
To determine whether emergent readmissions within 30 days of discharge are potentially preventable, we prospectively studied all readmissions to the medical service of a university teaching hospital during a 4-month period. The 327 readmissions, including 42 patients who were readmitted more than once during the study period, accounted for 12% of ...
S E, Frankl, J L, Breeling, L, Goldman
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Discharge Planning and Hospital Readmissions

Medical Care Research and Review, 2016
This study examines the association between the quality of hospital discharge planning and all-cause 30-day readmissions and same-hospital readmissions. The sample included adults aged 18 years and older hospitalized in 16 states in 2010 or 2011 for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, pneumonia, or total hip or joint arthroplasty. Data from the
Rachel Mosher, Henke, Zeynal, Karaca, Paige, Jackson, William D, Marder, Herbert S, Wong   +4 more
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Hospital Readmissions in the Medicare Population

New England Journal of Medicine, 1984
In order to examine the proportion of Medicare expenditures attributable to repeated admissions to the hospital, we assessed the frequency with which 270,266 randomly selected Medicare beneficiaries were readmitted after hospital discharge between 1974 and 1977.
G F, Anderson, E P, Steinberg
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The Medical Home and Hospital Readmissions

Pediatrics, 2015
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Despite considerable attention, little is known about the degree to which primary care medical homes influence early postdischarge utilization. We sought to test the hypothesis that patients with medical homes are less likely to have early postdischarge hospital or emergency department (ED)
Ryan J, Coller, Thomas S, Klitzner, Adrianna A, Saenz, Carlos F, Lerner, Bergen B, Nelson, Paul J, Chung   +5 more
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Hospital readmission for postpartum endometritis

The Journal of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 1997
This study identified risk factors associated with readmission for postpartum endometritis. The study group consisted of 109 mothers (Group I) who were discharged after delivery and readmitted with endometritis. Control groups consisted of women who had endometritis immediately after delivery but who did not require readmission (Group II, n = 109), and
J L, Atterbury, L J, Groome, S L, Baker, E L, Ross, C, Hoff   +4 more
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Hospital Readmission of Patients with Diabetes

Current Diabetes Reports, 2015
Hospital readmission is a high-priority health care quality measure and target for cost reduction. Despite broad interest in readmission, relatively little research has focused on patients with diabetes. The burden of diabetes among hospitalized patients, however, is substantial, growing, and costly, and readmissions contribute a significant portion of
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Penalties For Hospital Readmissions

Health Affairs, 2019
Virginia, Tangel, Soham, Gupta, Robert S, White   +2 more
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