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Readmission Rates and Their Impact on Hospital Financial Performance: A Study of Washington Hospitals [PDF]
Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2019 This longitudinal study examines whether readmission rates, made transparent through Hospital Compare, affect hospital financial performance by examining 98 hospitals in the State of Washington from 2012 to 2014.
Soumya Upadhyay PhD +2 more
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Prediction of 30-day unplanned hospital readmission among elderly patients using patient and ward level factors [PDF]
Scientific ReportsHospital readmission among elderly patients in sub-Saharan Africa, where health systems are constrained, is a critical yet poorly understood challenge. Although patient-level risk factors are established, the role of modifiable ward-level organizational ...
Awoke Fetahi Woudneh
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Predisposing factors for high output stoma in patients with a diverting loop ileostomy after colorectal surgeries [PDF]
Annals of Coloproctology, 2023 Purpose One of the most common ileostomy-related complications is high output stoma (HOS) which causes significant fluids and electrolytes disturbances. We aimed to analyze the incidence, severity, and risk factors for readmission for HOS.
Dan Assaf +5 more
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Strategies to implement the safe hospital-community transition and mitigate hospital readmissions
Revista Ciências em Saúde, 2021 Transition is defined as a journey made by a person between two relatively stable moments. This experience is lived over a certain period and is characterized by the appearance of changes that cause imbalances, doubts, disorganization, and interpersonal ...
Óscar Manuel Ramos Ferreira +1 more
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Oman Medical Journal, 2023 Objectives: Patient-centered clinical pharmacists’ activities play a major role in improving clinical outcomes by optimizing the efficacy of drug therapies and minimizing associated toxicities during hospitalization, at the transition of care, and upon ...
Bayan Muhannad Al Abd +2 more
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BJPsych Open, 2021 Background In the UK, acute mental healthcare is provided by in-patient wards and crisis resolution teams. Readmission to acute care following discharge is common. Acute day units (ADUs) are also provided in some areas.
David P. J. Osborn +10 more
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Readmission After COPD Exacerbation Scale: determining 30-day readmission risk for COPD patients
International Journal of COPD, 2017 Christine SM Lau,1,2 Brianna L Siracuse,1 Ronald S Chamberlain1–4 1Department of Surgery, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ, USA; 2Saint George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies; 3Department of Surgery, New ...
Lau CSM, Siracuse BL, Chamberlain RS
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Readmission prediction via deep contextual embedding of clinical concepts. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Hospital readmission costs a lot of money every year. Many hospital readmissions are avoidable, and excessive hospital readmissions could also be harmful to the patients.
Cao Xiao +4 more
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Informatics, 2023 (1) One in four hospital readmissions is potentially preventable. Machine learning (ML) models have been developed to predict hospital readmissions and risk-stratify patients, but thus far they have been limited in clinical applicability, timeliness, and
Amanda L. Luo +5 more
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Readmissions among patients with COVID‐19 [PDF]
International Journal of Clinical Practice, 2020 Hospital readmissions are associated with poor patient outcomes and increased health resource utilisation. The need to study readmission patterns is even bigger during a pandemic because the burden is further stretching the healthcare system.We reviewed the initial hospitalisation and subsequent readmission for 19 patients with confirmed COVID-19 in ...
Atalla, Eleftheria +5 more
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