Search results for "Readmissions"
Frailty associated with readmission risk and postdischarge mortality in older surgical patients
Higher rates of readmission and death were seen in abdominal surgery patients deemed “vulnerable” by a frailty scale, as well as those meeting the full criteria for frailty.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/02/28/4.htm
28 Feb 2018
September 2010
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/
Readmissions common with severe sepsis and mild or moderate AKI, study finds
A third of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock were readmitted within 30 days, and mild to moderate acute kidney injury was the only modifiable risk factor identified in these patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/29/2.htm
29 Jul 2015
July 2017
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/
Making readmission penalties hospital-wide could hurt safety-net facilities more than others
Researchers estimated the effects of changing from the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program's existing condition-specific readmission measures to an annual hospital-wide measure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/25/4.htm
25 Oct 2017
April 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/
Readmission risk differs when same Medicare patients admitted to different hospitals
The results may reassure the public, policymakers, and clinicians that the signal of quality from the hospital-wide readmission measure is valid and can be used as a means to benchmark performance, the authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/09/20/4.htm
20 Sep 2017
Readmission, mortality rates high for hospitalized HF patients worldwide
A systematic review and meta-analysis found that 13.2% and 35.7% of heart failure (HF) patients were readmitted at 30 days and one year and that 7.6% and 23.3% had died by those respective time points.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/26/readmission-mortality-rates-high-for-hospitalized-hf-patients-worldwide.htm
26 Jul 2023
Mortality rates similar, readmissions lower in hospital patients cared for by locum tenens
The hospital patients who were treated by locums did have significantly higher Medicare Part B spending and longer length of stay, the retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/12/13/2.htm
13 Dec 2017
June 2020
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/