BACKGROUND Racial and ethnic disparities in hospital readmissions for several major illnesses and conditions are well-documented. However, due to the data typically used to assess readmission disparities little is known regarding the interplay between race/ethnicity and payer in fostering readmissions. This study used a statewide database of acute-care hospital admissions to examine 30-day read...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate readmission rates and associated factors to identify potentially preventable readmissions. BACKGROUND The decision to penalize hospitals for readmissions is compelling health care systems to develop processes to minimize readmissions. Research to identify preventable readmissions is critical to achieve these goals. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of Univer...

BACKGROUND Contemporary heart failure (HF) patients are elderly and have a high rate of early rehospitalization or death, resulting in a high burden for both the patients and the health care system. Prior studies were focused on younger and less well-characterized patients. We aimed to identify predictors of early hospital readmission and death in elderly patients with HF. METHODS Patients wi...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Dehydration is a common complication after ileostomy creation and is the most frequent reason for postoperative readmission to the hospital. We sought to determine the clinical and economic impact of an outpatient intervention to decrease readmissions for dehydration after ileostomy creation. METHODS All new ileostomates from 09/2011 through 10/2012 at the University...

A random sample of 133 elderly patients who had an unplanned readmission to a district general hospital within 28 days of discharge from hospital was studied and compared with a matched control sample of patients who were not readmitted. The total group was drawn from all specialties in the hospital, and by interviewing the patients, their carers, the ward sisters, and the patients' general pra...

BACKGROUND Readmission rates are projected to serve as quality measures that have the potential to negatively impact hospital and physician reimbursement. Individual physicians and hospitals are developing plans to reduce readmission rates. Successful plans should be based on specific data obtained from each individual type of practice. OBJECTIVE To analyze the etiological factors responsible...

OBJECTIVES To analyse changes in overall readmission rates and disparities in such rates, among patients aged 18-64 (those most likely to have been affected by reform), using all payer inpatient discharge databases (hospital episode statistics) from Massachusetts and two control states (New York and New Jersey). DESIGN Difference in differences analysis to identify the post-reform change, adj...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a blood disorder affecting many US children that is often associated with hospital readmission. Although previous studies have reported on the clinical factors that influence readmission risk, potential geographic factors have not been fully investigated. The goal of this study was to investigate the importance of geographic risk factors an...

Background: Radical cystectomy is associated with perioperative complication rates exceeding 50% in some series. Readmission rates are increasingly used as a surgical quality metric. White blood cell count is a crude surrogate for physiologic processes which may reflect postoperative complications leading to readmission. Objective: We assessed the association between final white blood cell coun...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of early hospital discharge after initial birth hospitalization on the rate and etiology of hospital readmissions during the neonatal period. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional analytical study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from October 2008 to September 2011. METHODOLOGY Full-term normal newbor...