Differences Between Early and Late Readmissions Among Patients

Letters20 October 2015Differences Between Early and Late Readmissions Among PatientsKelly L. Graham, MD, MPH and Edward R. Marcantonio, MD, SMKelly L. Graham, MD, MPHFrom Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. and Edward R. Marcantonio, MD, SMFrom Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L15-5149-2 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:We apologize if our text was unclear. When we stated that the cut point of 5 days used in our sensitivity analysis was "not substantially different," we meant relative to the 7-day results, not that the results were no longer significant. In fact, we performed this sensitivity analysis specifically to determine whether our findings were robust enough to justify the specific cut point used. The results show that whether 5 or 7 (or, we suspect, 6 or 8) days is used as the cutoff, the message is still the same: Early readmissions differ from late readmissions.There is ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M14-2159. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoDifferences Between Early and Late Readmissions Among Patients Kelly L. Graham , Elissa H. Wilker , Michael D. Howell , Roger B. Davis , and Edward R. Marcantonio Differences Between Early and Late Readmissions Among Patients Ronald L. Hirsch Differences Between Early and Late Readmissions Among Patients Ronald L. Hirsch Metrics Cited byPrivate choices, public costs: Evaluating cost-shifting between private and public health sectors in New ZealandReadmission to hospital of medical patients – A cohort study 20 October 2015Volume 163, Issue 8Page: 650KeywordsDisclosure ePublished: 20 October 2015 Issue Published: 20 October 2015 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2015 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...