Sentences with phrase «readmission among»

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:

Supporters of keeping the center open say it also has one of the lowest rates of readmission among centers of its kind.

The researchers looked at how smoking history affected the risk of hospital readmissions among patients undergoing total joint replacement — either hip or knee replacement.

Readmissions among patients insured by Medicare or Medicaid were also more likely compared to patients covered by private insurance.

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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.

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.

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.

«Because depression, anxiety and substance abuse appeared to be the most common diagnoses among the patients we studied, and because each was associated with increased readmission rates, these disorders may be the most appropriate for healthcare systems to focus their primary screening efforts.»

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.

A new study shows that if socioeconomic factors related to patients» income and education are taken into account, differences in readmission rates among hospitals may not be as great as Medicare data indicate.

The readmissions were found among 4,916 individual SLE patients.

«Widely used software doesn't note differences in care quality among hospital readmissions: Cases flagged by 3M as preventable received no worse care than unflagged cases, study shows.»

There were no significant differences in hospital readmission or relapse rates among groups (see http://www.ebmentalhealth.com/supplemental for table).