It is a concern that increasing pressure to diagnose, treat and discharge patients rapidly is
leading to unacceptably high readmission rates. Readmissions were studied over a two …

There is increasing emphasis on prevention of emergency medical readmissions. The broad
pattern of acute medical readmissions was studied over a seven-year period and the impact …

Objectives To detect the readmission rates of a hospitalist group at a community hospital, to
identify probable causes of rehospitalizations, and to propose solutions to decrease the rate …

To determine whether emergent readmissions within 30 days of discharge are potentially
preventable, we prospectively studied all readmissions to the medical service of a university …

A prospective study surveyed patients discharged from the Cardiology, Cardiovascular
Surgery, and Gastroenterology services of the Cleveland Clinic Hospital during April and …

Background: Urgent, unplanned hospital readmissions are increasingly being used to
gauge the quality of care. We reviewed urgent readmissions to determine which were …

Objectives Healthcare expenditures in the United States have increased exponentially and
hospital care accounts for one-third of these costs. Approximately 18% of hospitalized …

Objective: To determine clinical and patient-centered factors predicting non-elective hospital
readmissions. Design: Secondary analysis from a randomized clinical trial. Clinical setting …

BACKGROUND: Readmissions back into an acute hospital are attracting greater interest as
a marker of disconnect between primary, secondary and social care. OBJECTIVE: To …

Because it is difficult to predict the course of patients discharged from the hospital, we
studied 1646 consecutive patients discharged from the medicine service to the care of the …