One in 5 readmitted patients after emergency general surgery go to a different hospital, which may obscure readmission as a quality metric and highlights the need to address social vulnerability and postoperative complications.
May obscure readmission rates as surgical quality metrics; leaves open how to adjust for interhospital transfers in outcomes research.
Readmission after EGS procedures is common and varies widely depending on patient factors and diagnosis categories. One in 5 readmitted patients will go to a different hospital, causing fragmentation of care and potentially obscuring the utility of readmission as a quality metric. Assisting socially vulnerable patients and reducing postoperative complications, including infections, are targets to reduce readmissions.
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