Study: Readmission Rates Should Exclude Non-Clinically Relevant Cases

Hospitals’ readmission rates should include only clinically relevant cases to be most accurate, according to a study in Journal of Neurosurgery.

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Researchers studied 5,780 consecutive patient encounters managed by 10 spine surgeons at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center from October 2007 to June 2011.

Click here to read the full story on all-cause readmission rates in Becker’s Hospital Review.

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