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| This article is about [[Multiple Encounter]] patients who have been discharged and re-admitted in a short time frame.
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| | * [[Readmission to MedWard]] |
| | * [[Readmission Rate to ICU]] |
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| == ICU Definition == | | They are a case of [[Multiple Encounter]]. |
| For ICU, a readmission is a patient where
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| * (admit date/time) - (most recent ICU discharge date/time to ward or home) <= 72 hours
| | == Related articles == |
| * is '''not''' admitted for planned and scheduled surgery
| | {{Related Articles}} |
| ** do we use the Apache type elective surgery for that?{{discussion}}
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| * might be readmitted from Ward or outside hospital
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| ** is there anywhere pt would not be allowed to be admitted from? Ttenbergen 18:07, 2012 November 22 (EST) Ttenbergen 12:54, 2014 January 16 (CST){{discussion}}
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| == Medicine Definition ==
| | [[Category:Multiple Encounter linking]] |
| For medicine, a readmission is a patient where
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| * (admit date/time) - (most recent discharge date/time to the hospital) <= 7 days after their most recent discharge time to the hospital
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| * is admitted from outside hospital
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| === Legacy information ===
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| * ''(Legacy: planned surgery used to be excluded, but this stopped because of insufficient data when we stopped collecting some APACHE elements in the medicine program Dec 31, 2006)''
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| == Data Use ==
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| which from [[:Category:Reporting]]
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| * ? [[Monthly report]]
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| * ? [[Quarterly report]]
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| * ? [[Annual report]]
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| [[Category:Statistical Analysis]] | | [[Category:Statistical Analysis]] |