ArticleHealth care management science2012
The impact of hospital utilization on patient readmission rate.
Article in Health care management science, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
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- A continuous-time Markov model for estimating readmission risk for hospital inpatients.Journal of applied statistics · 2021Article
- An Integrated Framework for Reducing Hospital Readmissions using Risk Trajectories Characterization and Discharge Timing Optimization.IISE transactions on healthcare systems engineering · 2019Article
- Operations research in intensive care unit management: a literature review.Health care management science · 2018Review
- Higher Quality and Lower Cost from Improving Hospital Discharge Decision Making.Journal of economic behavior & organization · 2016Article
- Recovery bed planning in cardiovascular surgery: a simulation case study.Health care management science · 2013Article
- Predicting 30-day all-cause hospital readmissions.Health care management science · 2013Article
- Does What Happens in the ED Stay in the ED? The Effects of Emergency Department Physician Workload on Post-ED Care Use.Manufacturing & service operations management : M & SOMArticle
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Abstract
We investigate the issue of patient readmission at a large academic hospital in the U.S. Specifically, we look for evidence that patients discharged when post-operative unit utilization is high are more likely to be readmitted. After examining data from 7,800 surgeries performed in 2007, we conclude that patients who are discharged from a highly utilized post-operative unit are more likely to be readmitted within 72 h. Each additional bed utilized at time of discharge increases the odds of readmission on average by 0.35% (Odds Ratio = 1.008, 95% CI [1.003, 1.012]). We propose that this effect is due to an increased discharge rate when the unit is highly utilized.
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