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Free text: Used in aggregate form as "per location" and/or "per timeframe", e.g. by month/quarter/year x Ward/Unit x Hospital. ==QI domain== * [[QualityDomain::Safe]] ==Reported as== * Definition1 : Percent of total discharges to ward * Definition2 : Percent of total discharges to ward, home and elsewhere ==Significance== Unplanned readmissions are associated with worse patient outcomes. Most factors associated with an increased risk of readmission are patient and admission-specific. System related risk factors include discharge at night and ICU occupancy at the time of discharge. Readmission may reflect premature transfer out of ICU due to errors in clinical judgment or system constraints. ==Sampling Plan / Procedure== ===Inclusion Criteria=== We report these in two ways: * Definition1: 100% of all ICU patients [[Dispo|discharged to]] ward * Definition2: 100% of all ICU patients [[Dispo|discharged to]] ward, home or elsewhere ===Exclusion Criteria=== * Definition1 & 2 : Excluding patients with planned and scheduled surgery in the count of readmission. * Definition2 : Excluding patients who left [[AMA]] or [[palliative patient]]s in the count of readmission. * Elective surgery ** [[Admit Type for APACHE II]] is 'Elect.Surg' {{palliative patient}} * AMA - see [[AMA]] ===Frequency=== Monthly, quarterly or yearly based on either admission dates or discharge dates ==Definition and Derivation== Readmission means the patient left/discharged out of ICU to '''elsewhere''' and came back to ICU in the same or different facility from '''elsewhere'''. Readmission count is accounted to the unit discharging the patient the first time and not to the unit admitting the patient the second time. * Definition1 : Number of ICU readmission within 72 hours per 100 discharges to any ward * Definition2 : Number of ICU readmission within 72 hours per 100 discharges to any ward, home or elsewhere ===Numerator=== * Num1 = Number of ICU patients discharged to any ward and readmitted to any ICU within 72 hours coming from elsewhere * Num2 = Number of ICU patients discharged to any ward, home or elsewhere and readmitted to any ICU within 72 hours coming from elsewhere ===Denominator=== * Denom1 =Total Number of discharges who went to any ward * Denom2 =Total Number of discharges who went to any ward, home or elsewhere ===Formula=== Readmission Rate(%) = Num / Denom * 100 ===Example=== *Time Reference: [[Discharge Date]]s from Jan 1, 2017 to March 31, 2017 *Total readmission within 72 hours of patients previously discharged to any ward= 5 *Total discharges who went to ward = 102 *Readmission Rate(%) = 5 / 102 * 100= 4.9 % ==Data Sources== See infobox in top left ==SAS Program== S:\MED\MED_CCMED\Julie\SAS_CFE\CFE_macros\ccreadm_starting1Oct2020.sas ==Report Users== *Critical Care Directors and Site Managers *Critical Care Quality Improvement Team (QIT) == Related articles == {{Related Articles}} [[Category:Multiple Encounter linking]]