Results Our results showed high significant difference in the Asian group compared to Caucasians for pre-discharge creatinine; p < 0.05. There was significant difference concerning post operative arrhythmias “incidence of AF”, p < 0.05 in the Caucasians group. The statistical analysis was insignificant in terms of additive and logistic EuroSCORE, hospital mortality, incidence of post operative ...

OBJECTIVES To determine the rate of, and potential risk factors for, unscheduled PICU readmission and assess for variability among PICUs within the United States. DESIGN AND DATA SOURCE This retrospective cohort study used 2005-2008 data from 73 PICUs in the Virtual PICU Systems database. METHODS AND MEASUREMENTS Early (within 48 hr of PICU discharge) and late (later than 48 hr) unscheduled...

BACKGROUND Prevention of hospital readmission and emergency department (ED) utilization will be a crucial strategy in reducing health care costs. There has been limited research on nurse assessment and patient perceptions of discharge readiness in relation to postdischarge outcomes. OBJECTIVES To investigate the association of nurse and patient assessments of discharge readiness with postdisc...

BACKGROUND COPD affects over 13 million Americans, and accounts for over half a million hospitalizations annually. The Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, established by the Affordable Care Act requires the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to reduce payments to hospitals with excess readmissions for COPD as of 2015. This study sought to develop a predictive readmission scale to id...

BACKGROUND Although readmission after hospitalization for heart failure has received increasing attention, little is known about its root causes. Prior investigations have relied on administrative databases, chart review, and single-question surveys. METHODS AND RESULTS We performed semistructured 30- to 60-minute interviews of patients (n=28) readmitted within 6 months of index heart failure...

BACKGROUND Readmission rates for patients with heart failure (HF) remain high. Many efforts to identify patients at high risk for readmission focus on patient demographics or on measures taken in the hospital. We evaluated a method for risk assessment that depends on patient self-report following discharge from the hospital. METHODS In this study, we investigated whether automated calls could...

BACKGROUND Hospital readmission places a high burden on both health care systems and patients. Most readmissions are thought to be related to the quality of the health care system. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine the causes and rates of early readmission in emergency department in a Tehran hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS A cross-sectional investigation was performed to study ...

Between 2013 and 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the National Cardiovascular Data Registry publically reported risk-adjusted 30-day readmission rates after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as a pilot project. A key strength of this public reporting effort included risk adjustment with clinical rather than administrative data. Furthermore, because readmission aft...

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Short-term readmission rates are becoming widely used as a quality and performance metric for hospitals. Data on unplanned short-term readmission after spine fusion for deformity in pediatric patients are limited. PURPOSE To characterize the rate and risk factors for short-term readmission after spine fusion for deformity in pediatric patients. STUDY DESIGN This is a retr...

BACKGROUND Risks prediction models of 30-day all-cause hospital readmissions are multi-factorial. Severity of illness (SOI) and risk of mortality (ROM) categorized by All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (APR-DRG) seem to predict hospital readmission but lack large sample validation. Effects of risk reduction interventions including providing post-discharge outpatient visits remain unce...