Preventability of Early Versus Late Hospital Readmissions in a National Cohort of General Medicine Patients.

Conclusion: Early readmissions were more likely to be preventable and amenable to hospital-based interventions. Late readmissions were less likely to be preventable and were more amenable to ambulatory and home-based interventions.
Primary Funding Source: American Association of Medical Colleges.
PMID: 29710243 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - May 1, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Graham KL, Auerbach AD, Schnipper JL, Flanders SA, Kim CS, Robinson EJ, Ruhnke GW, Thomas LR, Kripalani S, Vasilevskis EE, Fletcher GS, Sehgal NJ, Lindenauer PK, Williams MV, Metlay JP, Davis RB, Yang J, Marcantonio ER, Herzig SJ Tags: Ann Intern Med Source Type: research