Alon Weizer, Jeffrey Montgomery, Brent Hollenbeck, Mariel Lavieri,. Ted Skolarus, Ann Arbor, MI. INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Despite efforts to reduce.
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from 2.6 to 54.4% (mean 8.3%, IQR:5.3-11.3%) (Figure 1). Patient- and facility-level characteristics accounted for 20.3% of the observed variation. The effect of individual facilities - irrespective of facility-level characteristics - contributed most to the variation, at 42.0%. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, adjusted readmission rates after RC vary sizably. Targeting outlier hospitals might constitute a helpful tool in reducing readmissions after RC.
Source of Funding: Quoc-Dien Trinh is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from the Vattikuti Urology Institute, a Clay Hamlin Young Investigator Award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation and a Genentech BioOncology Career Development Award from the Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
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readmitted and non-readmitted patients during the week after surgery (Figure). Glucose levels demonstrated differentiation among patients remaining in the hospital greater than one week. Comparisons of electrolyte levels and coagulation parameters did not discriminate among readmitted and non-readmitted patients. In addition, WBC and BUN also had significantly greater variance among readmitted than non-readmitted patients (p
