Supporters of keeping the center open say it also has one of the lowest rates
of readmission among centers of its kind.
Not exact matches
23 Therefore, the higher rate
of admission (or
readmission if a hospital birth)
among newborns in the planned home - birth group than
of readmission in the planned hospital - birth group may have been linked to the need for treatment
of hyper - bilirubinemia, which,
among babies born in hospital, may require a longer stay in hospital rather than
readmission.
The study, to be presented this weekend at the 35th annual meeting
of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) in Baltimore, demonstrated that oral nutritional supplements were associated with a decreased probability
of 30 - day
readmission among Medicare patients aged 65 and over who could be tracked for
readmission, with:
A new study entitled «Oral Nutrition Supplements» Impact on Hospital Outcomes in the Context
of Affordable Care Act and New Medicare Reimbursement Policies» and conducted by leading researchers at the University
of Southern California, Stanford University, The Harris School at The University
of Chicago and Precision Health Economics, and supported by Abbott, found that the use
of oral nutritional supplements decreased the probability
of 30 - day hospital
readmission, length
of stay and costs
among hospitalized Medicare patients aged 65 and over.
The researchers looked at how smoking history affected the risk
of hospital
readmissions among patients undergoing total joint replacement — either hip or knee replacement.
Lisa K. McIntyre, M.D.,
of the University
of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, and colleagues conducted a study that included 173 general surgical patients (91 men) who were identified as being unplanned
readmissions within 30 days
among 2,100 discharges (8 percent) at a Level I trauma center and safety - net hospital.
Those who saw their primary care provider within 30 days after surgery had a 20 percent
readmission rate compared to a rate
of 35 percent
among those who did not have an early follow - up visit with their primary care physician.