Population
884 index admissions at the Department of Internal Medicine of the Kantonsspital Winterthur between March…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
90 days
Authors
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Low avoidable readmission rates suggest limited yield from prevention programs targeting avoidability; leaves open better risk stratification in observational cohorts.
Most hospital readmissions occurred within 30 days of discharge, with a very low rate of unplanned readmissions considered avoidable.
Pascal P Maurer (2004) studied this question.
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