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

Revision as of 11:20, 2018 July 11

This article is about Multiple Encounter patients who have been discharged and re-admitted in a short time frame.

ICU Definition

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 an Apache type elective surgery
  • 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)Template:Discussion

Medicine Definition

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
  • is admitted from outside hospital

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

which from Category:Reporting Template:Discussion