Population
Patients with index discharges from hospital in the area covered by the Oxford record linkage study in the…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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Supports early readmissions as audit indicators; leaves open whether patterns reflect care quality or unmeasured factors.
The striking clustering of emergency readmissions within the first four weeks of discharge indicates they are closely associated with the index admission and are appropriate indicators for medical audit.
Henderson et al. (1993) studied this question.
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