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30-Day Readmission Rate and its Causes in General Surgical Patients
Rizwan Sultan1, Umme Hani Abdullah2, Tabish Chawla1
1Department of Surgery, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.
Objective:
To find out the 30-day readmission rate for different surgical procedures and determine the causes for readmissions.
Study Design:
An audit report.
Place And Duration Of Study:
Department of Surgery, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, in the calendar year 2014.
Methodology:
Records were retrospectively reviewed for 30-day readmission rate and their cause in general surgical patients who underwent a general surgical procedure at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, in the year 2014.
Results:
Out of 217 (6.4%) readmissions in 3,387 patients, more than 50% unplanned readmissions were avoidable. The highest readmission rate was after placement of feeding tubes (28.5%).
Conclusion:
More than half of the readmissions could have been prevented by proper patient/attendant education, good communication and provision of nursing services to these patients beyond the hospital.
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