Risk of factors for readmission in the intensive care unit

Readmission rates have been used as a measure of the results of the quality of care. It is proposed that a significant number of readmissions are potentially avoidable. The only legitimate basis for using precocious readmission as a quality indicator is that it demonstrates one relationship between readmission and the care process during the previous hospital stay. The interest in readmission is driven by the hypothesis that an improvement of care can result in a reduction of the readmissions to and in the costs of the intensive care unit (ICU). To identify risk factors for patient readmission for urinary tract infection.