In-hospital cost is significantly higher since the start of the HCS. This surge may relate to increased CMI, LOS, and improved coding. This increase in cost may be justified as we have observed sustained reduction in in-hospital mortality and slightly improved readmission rates.
Objectives: We investigated the risk factors associated with and causes of readmission of patients following an inpatient vascular surgery stay.Methods: A total of 1000 randomly selected patients who were admitted to the vascular surgery inpatient service between 2011 and 2014 were retrospectively identified; of these, 28 patients were excluded due to missing data points. Readmissions were measured both 30 days and 1 year after discharge from the initial hospital stay. The readmissions were characterized as planned/unplanned and related/unrelated. Planned readmissions were defined as readmissions scheduled at the time of the initial admission. Related readmissions were defined as readmissions clinically related to the initial admission. Predictors for readmission were analyzed using c 2 tests and t-tests. Differences in types of readmission were analyzed using binomial tests and c 2 goodness of fit
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