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Living in the Readmission Era [PDF]

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 2014
Is it too early to call this the Readmission Decade? Readmissions are on everybody’s mind—identifying readmissions, preventing readmissions, considering the financial repercussions of having too many readmissions, lamenting the injustice of being held accountable for readmissions. Only time will tell whether this is a passing storm or here to stay, but
Karl E, Minges, Jeptha P, Curtis
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stefanhgm/Interpretable-3-day-ICU-readmission-prediction: Initial version used for all experiments in the paper

, 2021
Development and Validation of an Interpretable 3-day Intensive Care Unit Readmission Prediction Model Using Explainable Boosting ...
Stefan Hegselmann
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Potentially Avoidable Readmissions in United States Hemodialysis Patients

Kidney International Reports, 2018
Patients with end-stage kidney disease have a high risk of 30-day readmission to hospital. These readmissions are financially costly to health care systems and are associated with poor health-related quality of life.
Anna T. Mathew, Lisa Rosen, Renee Pekmezaris, Andrzej Kozikowski, Daniel W. Ross, Thomas McGinn, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Steven Fishbane   +7 more
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One‐Year Healthcare Utilization and Costs After Emergency Department Encounters for Uncomplicated Appendicitis: A Statewide Observational Study

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Non‐operative management with antibiotics has emerged as an alternative to appendectomy for uncomplicated appendicitis. This study compared one‐year healthcare costs and utilization outcomes after operative versus non‐operative management of uncomplicated appendicitis using statewide administrative data.
Andrew C. Meltzer, Michael Makutonin, Taylor Gorak, Aditya Loganathan, Jack A. Meltzer, Avi Dor   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between comorbid mental illness and preceding emergency department visits in unplanned admissions

Acute Medicine & Surgery, 2023
Aim To investigate the association between comorbid mental illness and preceding emergency department (ED) visits in patients with unplanned admission.
Ayako Okuma, Mikio Nakajima, Tomohiro Sonoo, Kensuke Nakamura, Tadahiro Goto   +4 more
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Achievement of the Ideal Outcome After Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Is Associated With Earlier Initiation and Higher Completion Rates of Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Improved Long‐Term Survival

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The Ideal Outcome is a composite quality indicator reflecting optimal postoperative course after pancreatic surgery. This study aimed to clarify the prognostic significance of achieving the Ideal Outcome and its influence on the initiation and completion of adjuvant chemotherapy.
Ryosuke Fukushima, Kenichiro Araki, Ryo Muranushi, Kouki Hoshino, Kei Hagiwara, Shunsuke Kawai, Mariko Tsukagoshi, Takamichi Igarashi, Norio Kubo, Ken Shirabe   +9 more
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Essential Updates in the Surgical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Current Topics From 2024 to Mid‐2026

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Inflammatory bowel disease management has undergone a major transformation with the introduction of treat‐to‐target strategies and highly effective biologic and small‐molecule therapies. Although these advances have reduced the overall requirement for surgery, operative intervention remains essential for selected patients with ulcerative ...
Yoshiki Okita, Tadanobu Shimura, Mikio Kawamura, Yuhki Koike, Yuji Toiyama   +4 more
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Construction and validation of a readmission risk prediction model for elderly patients with coronary heart disease

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
BackgroundTo investigate the risk factors for readmission of elderly patients with coronary artery disease, and to construct and validate a predictive model for readmission risk of elderly patients with coronary artery disease within 3 years by applying ...
Hanyu Luo, Benlong Wang, Rui Cao, Jun Feng   +3 more
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Reduction of hospital readmissions [PDF]

Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 2022
In recent years, healthcare spending has risen and become a burden on many governments. There are multiple reasons for this increase such as overtesting, long medical treatment path, ignoring doctors' orders, ineffective use of technologies, medical errors, many hospital readmissions, unnecessary emergency room (ER) visits, and medical treatment ...
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Predictive Risk Modelling for Hospital Readmissions [PDF]

, 2014
This thesis is concerned with developing a predictive risk model to identify patients that are at high risk of readmission to hospital. Such a model should have a desirable level of predictive accuracy but also, should be financially beneficial to the ...
Forsythe, Claire Elizabeth
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