TY - JOUR
T1 - 30-day readmission rate and its causes in general surgical patients
AU - Sultan, Rizwan
AU - Abdullah, Umme Hani
AU - Chawla, Tabish
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - Objective: To find out the 30-day readmission rate for different surgical procedures and determine the causes for readmissions. Study Design: An audit report. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Surgery, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, in the calendar year 2014. Methodology: Records were retrospectively reviewed for 30-day readmission rate and their cause in general surgical patients who underwent a general surgical procedure at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, in the year 2014. Results: Out of 217 (6.4%) readmissions in 3,387 patients, more than 50% unplanned readmissions were avoidable. The highest readmission rate was after placement of feeding tubes (28.5%). Conclusion: More than half of the readmissions could have been prevented by proper patient/attendant education, good communication and provision of nursing services to these patients beyond the hospital.
AB - Objective: To find out the 30-day readmission rate for different surgical procedures and determine the causes for readmissions. Study Design: An audit report. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Surgery, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, in the calendar year 2014. Methodology: Records were retrospectively reviewed for 30-day readmission rate and their cause in general surgical patients who underwent a general surgical procedure at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, in the year 2014. Results: Out of 217 (6.4%) readmissions in 3,387 patients, more than 50% unplanned readmissions were avoidable. The highest readmission rate was after placement of feeding tubes (28.5%). Conclusion: More than half of the readmissions could have been prevented by proper patient/attendant education, good communication and provision of nursing services to these patients beyond the hospital.
KW - Causes of readmission
KW - Readmission rate
KW - Surgery patients
KW - Tertiary care centre
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U2 - 10.29271/jcpsp.2018.04.314
DO - 10.29271/jcpsp.2018.04.314
M3 - Article
C2 - 29615176
AN - SCOPUS:85044758526
SN - 1022-386X
VL - 28
SP - 314
EP - 316
JO - Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
JF - Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
IS - 4
ER -