Patient Readmission
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Monday, November 23, 2009

High occupancy increases the risk of early death or readmission after transfer from intensive care.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a lack of intensive care unit beds was leading to premature patient discharge from the intensive care unit and subsequent early readmission or death. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: A single Canadian ... Read more...

The influence of neighborhood environment on treatment continuity and rehospitalization in dually diagnosed patients discharged from acute inpatient care.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: Environmental contingencies inherent in neighborhoods and communities have been shown to affect individual behavior. The authors analyzed neighborhood and individual factors predicting initial outpatient treatment attendance and ... Read more...

Increased rehospitalization rate after coronary bypass operation for acute coronary syndrome: a prospective study in 200 patients.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) run increased risk of cardiac death or myocardial infarction after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Long-term survival is similar in ACS patients and patients with stable angina ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Patient Readmission'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Appropriate use of quality measures: Response to "Risk factors for hospital readmission within 30 days: A new quality measure for children with sickle cell disease". 13 Dec 2009
• High occupancy increases the risk of early death or readmission after transfer from intensive care. 29 Sep 2009
• Did we learn anything from Humpty Dumpty? 29 Sep 2009
• The influence of neighborhood environment on treatment continuity and rehospitalization in dually diagnosed patients discharged from acute inpatient care. 29 Sep 2009
• How do they do it? Baylor has lowest HF readmissions. 29 Sep 2009
• Increased rehospitalization rate after coronary bypass operation for acute coronary syndrome: a prospective study in 200 patients. 29 Sep 2009
• Hospital at home for elderly patients with acute decompensation of chronic heart failure: a prospective randomized controlled trial. 26 Sep 2009
• Achievement of secondary preventive goals after acute myocardial infarction: a comparison between participants and nonparticipants in a routine patient education program in Sweden. 30 Aug 2009
• Cystatin C in a high-risk combination. 30 Aug 2009
• Preventable readmissions: a prime target for reform. 30 Aug 2009
• Intraoperative myocardial acidosis as a risk for hospital readmission after cardiac surgery. 30 Aug 2009
• Return to sender hospital readmission after percutaneous coronary intervention. 30 Aug 2009
• All-cause readmission and repeat revascularization after percutaneous coronary intervention in a cohort of medicare patients. 30 Aug 2009
• Multi-modal intervention and prospective implementation of standardized sickle cell pain admission orders reduces 30-day readmission rate. 30 Aug 2009
• Red cell distribution width in heart failure: prediction of clinical events and relationship with markers of ineffective erythropoiesis, inflammation, renal function, and nutritional state. 24 Aug 2009
• 11-year follow-up of mortality in patients with schizophrenia: a population-based cohort study (FIN11 study). 20 Aug 2009
• [Fast tracking in pediatric surgery] 30 Jul 2009
• Community outcomes of mentally disordered homicide offenders in Victoria. 30 Jul 2009
• Risk and reform. 30 Jul 2009
• Energetic about improving quality. Interview by Matthew Weinstock. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Patient Readmission'

Definition: Subsequent admissions of a patient to a hospital or other health care institution for treatment.

Descriptor UI: D010359

Alternative terms: Patient Readmission; Patient Readmissions; Readmission, Patient; Readmissions, Patient; Hospital Readmissions; Readmissions, Hospital; Hospital Readmission; Readmission, Hospital;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; statistics & numerical data; trends;

Tree Number: E02.760.400.620; N02.421.585.400.620;

Online Note: use PATIENT READMISSION to search HOSPITAL READMISSION 1970-77 (as Prov 1970-71)

History Note: 78; was HOSPITAL READMISSION 1970-77 (Prov 1970-71); HOSPITAL READMISSIONS was see PATIENT READMISSION 1997