OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of written information versus non written information intervention in reducing hospital readmission cost, if prescribed or presented to the patients with HF. METHODS The study was a systematic review and meta-analysis. We searched Medline (Ovid) and Cochrane library during the past 20 years from 1993 to 2013. We also conducted a manual search through Google Sc...

CONTEXT Risk factors for perioperative mortality after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery have been extensively studied. However, which factors are associated with early readmissions following CABG surgery are less clear. OBJECTIVE To identify significant predictors of readmission within 30 days following CABG surgery. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS Causes for readmission within 30 ...

PD morbidity and readmission pose a substantial clinical and economic burden to the healthcare system. Comprehensive PD complications and readmission data are essential for developing initiatives to improve patient care. No previous studies have extensively investigated PD complications after gastric cancer surgery.We investigated the incidence, types, treatment, and risk factors of 30-day post...

INTRODUCTION We sought to determine the patient and provider-related factors associated with readmission after radical cystectomy (RC) for bladder cancer. In this era of healthcare reform, hospital performance measures, such as readmission, are beginning to affect provider reimbursement. Given its high readmission rate, RC could be a target for quality improvement. METHODS We reviewed bladder...

OBJECTIVES To investigate patient characteristics of an unselected primary care population associated with risk of first hospital admission and readmission for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). DESIGN Retrospective open cohort using pseudonymised electronic primary care data linked to secondary care data. SETTING Primary care; Lothian (population approxim...

Patient demand for critical care often exceeds bed availability. In such cases, current Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients may be discharged in order to accommodate new, more urgent patients. Such a discharge increases the likelihood of physiologic deterioration resulting in readmission to the ICU. We model such an ICU as a state-dependent queueing network where patient service times and readmi...

BACKGROUND Readmission rates following discharge after pneumonia are thought to represent the quality of care. Factors associated with readmission, however, remain poorly described. It is unclear if readmission rates vary based on pneumonia type. METHODS We retrospectively identified adults admitted to an index hospital with non-nosocomial pneumonia (January through December 2010) and who sur...

BACKGROUND Readmission penalties are central to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) efforts to improve patient outcomes and reduce health care spending. However, many clinicians believe that readmission metrics may unfairly penalize low-mortality hospitals because mortality and readmission are competing risks. The objective of this study is to compare hospital ranking based on ...