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This article is about patients who have been discharged and re-admitted.
See
* [[Readmission to MedWard]]
* [[Readmission Rate to ICU]]
* [[LAU collection readmission data]]


== ICU Definition ==
They are a case of [[Multiple Encounter]].
For ICU, a readmission is a patient where
* (admit date/time) - (most recent ICU discharge date/time to ward or home) <= 72 hours
* is '''not''' admitted for planned and scheduled surgery
** do we use the Apache type elective surgery for that?{{discussion}}
* might be readmitted from Ward or outside hospital
** 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}}


== Medicine Definition ==
We have these pre-defined in SAS for 7, 14 and 30 days after [[Dispo DtTm]]. Different metric use different delays, check the metric for details.
For medicine, a readmission is a patient where
 
* (admit date/time) - (most recent discharge date/time to the hospital) <= 7 days after their most recent discharge time to the hospital
== Related articles ==  
* is admitted from outside hospital
{{Related Articles}}
=== Legacy information ===
* ''(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)''


== Data Use ==
[[Category:Multiple Encounter linking]]
* which reports use this? Ttenbergen 12:54, 2014 January 16 (CST) {{discussion}}
 
 
[[Category:Multi-encounter check]]
[[Category:Statistical Analysis]]
[[Category:Statistical Analysis]]