Key result
Unpredictable or unpreventable complications accounted for 46% of 7-day readmissions, patient factors for 31%, and preventable causes for 24%.
Population
270 patients accounting for 335 unplanned 7-day readmissions between July 2010 and July 2011 at an urban…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
7 days
Authors
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May warrant caution using readmission rates as strict quality metrics; leaves open development of better alternatives in research and policy.
Observational (n=270)
No
The majority of 7-day hospital readmissions were found to be unavoidable, questioning the value of readmission rates as a strict metric of healthcare quality.
Burke et al. (2015) conducted an observational in Unplanned 7-day hospital readmissions (n=270). Unplanned 7-day readmissions vs. Nonreadmitted patients was evaluated on Classification of readmissions into 1 of 5 distinct categories. Unpredictable or unpreventable complications accounted for 46% of 7-day readmissions, patient factors for 31%, and preventable causes for 24%.
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