Readmission Rate to ICU: Difference between revisions
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==Definition and Derivation== | ==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 | 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 | * 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 | * Definition2 : Number of ICU readmission within 72 hours per 100 discharges to any ward, home or elsewhere | ||