Key result
Among open heart surgery patients with a 12.5% 90-day readmission rate, readmission inversely correlated with bed occupancy (r=-0.594, P=0.042) and bed turnover rate (r=-0.664, P=0.018).
Why the study?
Hospital readmission is a significant adverse effect following open heart surgery, but the relationship between hospital performance indicators and readmission rates required evaluation.
Population
849 patients who underwent open heart surgery in a teaching hospital in northern Iran
Comparison
Hospital performance indicators and patient readmission within 90 days after discharge
Design
Retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study
Follow-up
90 days after discharge
Authors
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Performance indicators may associate with readmission after open heart surgery; leaves open causal effects and practice implications pending prospective studies.
Cross-Sectional (n=849)
No
Hospital performance indicators such as bed occupancy and turnover rates may be inversely related to 90-day readmission rates following open heart surgery.
Ebrahimi et al. (2019) conducted a cross-sectional in Open heart surgery (n=849). Hospital performance indicators was evaluated on Readmission within 90 days after discharge. Among open heart surgery patients with a 12.5% 90-day readmission rate, readmission inversely correlated with bed occupancy (r=-0.594, P=0.042) and bed turnover rate (r=-0.664, P=0.018).
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