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Evaluation of general surgery readmissions at district general hospitals demonstrates distinct clinical patterns that warrant re-evaluating surgical readmission metrics. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

March 1, 2018Bulletin of The Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandOpen Access

Rethinking surgical readmissions

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Retrospective analysis evaluates surgical readmissions in general surgery patients.

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BJBart JacobsAmsterdam Neuroscience CHChristopher HadjittofiUniversity College Hospital FTFiona TaylorBarts Health NHS Trust

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Retrospective readmission data in 289 general surgery patients remain hypothesis-generating; prospective studies required before informing practice.

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Jacobs et al. (2018) studied this question. Surgical readmissions were evaluated in a retrospective analysis of 289 general surgery patients at a district general hospital.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aaa53a290594b0275be0373 https://doi.org/10.1308/rcsbull.2018.104

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Retrospective readmission data in 289 general surgery patients remain hypothesis-generating; prospective studies required before informing practice.

Rethinking surgical readmissions

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