Can Preoperative Risk Factors be used to Predict Unplanned Admission or Readmission Rates? A Study of Foot and Ankle Patients:

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics

James R.Rofaiel¹ 

关键词: Preoperative risk factors;    Unplanned admissions;    Readmission rates;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2473011416S00091

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Category:OtherIntroduction/Purpose:In the current health care climate, there is an increasing focus on cost savings and resource management. As such, there is an emphasis on decreasing length of stay and performing surgery on an outpatient basis. Consequently, some patients will have unanticipated intra-operative or post-operative adverse events that will necessitate an unplanned post-operative hospital admission or a readmission after discharge. These unplanned admissions or readmissions represent an increased burden on health care systems and can cause cancellation of other scheduled procedures. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether pre-operative patient risk factors or intra-operative events could predict unplanned admission or readmission following discharge in patients undergoing either elective or emergency foot and ankle surgery.Methods:Data was prospectively collected on a total of 889 patients. The patients were divided into two groups: patients without readmissions (N=791) and pati...

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