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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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Readmissions to a Pediatric Ward: An Eleven-Year Experience in a Portuguese Hospital

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2022
Introduction: Pediatric readmissions have received increased attention in the past few years. Distinguishing between planned and unplanned readmissions and between preventable and unpreventable ones constitutes an important target to better understand ...
Joana Sousa Martins, Rita Sousa, Joana Matias, Paulo Calhau   +3 more
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Correction to: Hospital Readmission of Patients with Diabetes [PDF]

Current Diabetes Reports, 2018
This article was originally published with errors that were introduced during the editing process. The corrected version of this article appears below.
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Predictors of Readmission after Inpatient Plastic Surgery

Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2014
Background Understanding risk factors that increase readmission rates may help enhance patient education and set system-wide expectations. We aimed to provide benchmark data on causes and predictors of readmission following inpatient plastic surgery.
Umang Jain, Christopher Salgado, Lauren Mioton, Aksharananda Rambachan, John YS Kim   +4 more
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Clinical Frailty Scale, K-FRAIL questionnaire, and clinical outcomes in an acute hospitalist unit in Korea [PDF]

The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021
Background/Aims Frailty increases the risks of in-hospital adverse events such as delirium, falls, and functional decline in older adults. We assessed the feasibility and clinical relevance of frailty status in Korean older inpatients using the Clinical ...
Seung Jun Han, Hee-Won Jung, Jae Hyun Lee, Jin Lim, Sung do Moon, Sock-Won Yoon, Hongran Moon, Seo-Young Lee, Hyeanji Kim, Sae-Rim Lee, Il-Young Jang   +10 more
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Associations between readmission and patient-reported measures in acute psychiatric inpatients: a study protocol for a multicenter prospective longitudinal study (the ePOP-J study)

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2019
Background Several previous observational studies have reported the risk factors associated with readmission in people with mental illness. While patient-reported experiences and outcomes have become increasingly important in healthcare, only a few ...
Sosei Yamaguchi, Yasutaka Ojio, Junko Koike, Asami Matsunaga, Makoto Ogawa, Hisateru Tachimori, Akiko Kikuchi, Hiroshi Kimura, Ataru Inagaki, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Yoshiki Kishi, Koji Yoshida, Takaaki Hirooka, Satoru Oishi, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Chiyo Fujii   +15 more
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Length of Stay and Readmissions in Mastectomy Patients

The Breast Journal, 2015
Interest is growing in preventing readmissions as payers start to link reimbursement to readmission rates. The purpose of this study was to assess factors that contribute to 30-day readmission rates for women undergoing mastectomy for breast cancer.
Susie X, Sun, Anna N, Leung, Peter W, Dillon, Christopher S, Hollenbeak   +3 more
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Association Rules Mining for Hospital Readmission: A Case Study

Mathematics, 2021
As an indicator of healthcare quality and performance, hospital readmission incurs major costs for healthcare systems worldwide. Understanding the relationships between readmission factors, such as input features and readmission length, is challenging ...
Nor Hamizah Miswan, ‘Ismat Mohd Sulaiman, Chee Seng Chan, Chong Guan Ng   +3 more
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Thirty-day readmission rates in orthopedics: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2015
BackgroundHospital readmission rates are being used to evaluate performance. A survey of the present rates is needed before policies can be developed to decrease incidence of readmission.
James T Bernatz, Jonathan L Tueting, Paul A Anderson   +2 more
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Evaluating the predictive strength of the LACE index in identifying patients at high risk of hospital readmission following an inpatient episode: a retrospective cohort study

BMJ Open, 2017
Objective To assess how well the LACE index and its constituent elements predict 30-day hospital readmission, and to determine whether other combinations of clinical or sociodemographic variables may enhance prognostic capability.Design Retrospective ...
Sarah Damery, Gill Combes
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