OBJECTIVES To develop an algorithm for identifying inpatients at high risk of re-admission to a National Health Service (NHS) hospital in England within 30 days of discharge using information that can either be obtained from hospital information systems or from the patient and their notes. DESIGN Multivariate statistical analysis of routinely collected hospital episode statistics (HES) data u...

OBJECTIVE To identify factors that contribute to older Australians admitted to hospital with diabetes being re-hospitalised within 30 days of discharge. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS A retrospective cohort study of Department of Veterans' Affairs administrative data for all patients hospitalised for diabetes and discharged alive during the period 1 January - 31 December 2012. MAIN OUTCOM...

PURPOSE To compare the risks of re-admission, reoperation, and mortality within 90 days of surgery in orthopedic departments with well-documented fast-track arthroplasty programs with those in all other orthopedic departments in Denmark from 2005 to 2011. METHODS We used the Danish hip and knee arthroplasty registers to identify patients with primary total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthr...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of a short-stay in-patient rehabilitation programme. DESIGN Prospective case-control cohort study. SETTING Regional medical centre, Hong Kong. PATIENTS One hundred and thirty symptomatic elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who had been treated for an acute respiratory illness in 1998. They were divided into two groups: the c...

Abstract Aim Acute gallstone disease is a surgical emergency with emphasis on early surgery (Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (LC)) to improve outcomes. Method Patients presenting acute cholecystitis, biliary colic, and pancreatitis between September December 2021 were retrospectively audited. We measured re-admission rates, elective cholecystectomies performed, interval operation initial admission...

Abstract Introduction Despite ongoing improvement work in our hospital regarding Advance Care Planning (ACP) the community and specialist palliative care settings, team was concerned that ACP underutilized for inpatients. We aimed to increase number of ACPs (specifically focusing on re-admission avoidance) made geriatrics ward, communicate these effectively with colleagues. Method retrospective...