Science news articles about 'patient readmission'

... ., researchers found that: 72 percent of patients were misdiagnosed with pneumonia upon readmission to the same hospital. African ... than 33 percent of patients had any outpatient follow-up care prior to their readmission. Results of the two ...

... and which ones are at higher risk for relapse, readmission or worse. Typically, he adds, patients are already tested ... each year, and results in repeat hospitalizations for many patients. Readmission rates are a focus of efforts to reduce ...

... be associated with increased discharge of patients to postacute care settings, increased readmission rates, or a combination ... seemed to correspond with an increase in the proportion of patients who were discharged to postacute care and an increase in patient readmissions ...

... levels of registered nurses lower the probability of patient readmissions to the hospital, a new study finds. However, higher levels of RN overtime increase ...

... a strong link between healthcare-associated infections and patient readmission after an initial hospital stay. The findings ... reduce readmissions, considered to be a major driver of unnecessary healthcare spending and increased patient morbidity ...

Surgeons analyze more than 59,000 operations in four surgical specialties for postdischarge complications, particularly surgical site infections