PMID: 9643065Jun 27, 1998Paper

Readmission rate at a regional hospital

Revista española de salud pública
C García OrtegaJ J García Ortega

Abstract

The purpose of this study is that of describing the frequency of re-admissions at the "Punta de Europa" Hospital in Algeciras. The source of information employed was that of the Minimal Basic Hospital Admission Data Set (MBHADS) for 1995-1996, a total of 24,613 cases of hospitalization being analyzed. Re-admission has been defined as any admission entailing an identical major diagnosis within the 30 days following release from the hospital. A descriptive analysis has been made of the variables of age, sex, the unit/ward to which admitted and major diagnosis involved employing conventional single-variable techniques. The 30-day re-admissions rate was 5% (IC95% 4.8-5.2), totaling 3.4% (IC95% 3.2-3.6) if only the emergency re-admissions are taken into account. A higher probability of re-admission is related to males, to an older age to certain diagnoses and to the units/wards to which admitted. The units/wards showing the highest percentage of re-admissions were the Psychiatric Ward, Hematology and the Otolaryngology. The Units/Wards showing the lowest percentages of re-admissions were Ophthalmology, Traumatology and Obstetrics. The most frequent re-admissions diagnoses were: impending childbirth, AIDS and complications thereof, n...Continue Reading

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