[Are early unforseen rehospitalizations inevitable?].
We randomly selected 198 readmissions to an acute-care hospital within the 3 months following the last discharge during the year 1993 to describe the reasons for planned readmissions and to assess whether unplanned readmissions were appropriate and/or avoidable. 49.5% of readmissions were planned: for medical investigations (45%), surgery (30%), or medical treatments (such as chemotherapy) (18%). Among the 100 unplanned readmissions, 13% were assessed as inappropriate, and 37% as potentially avoidable. Given this high rate of potentially avoidable readmissions, there is a need to identify preventive interventions.
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Département d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, CHU Charles Nicolle, Rouen.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006302:Health Services Research; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000592:standards*; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000592:standards*; D014600:Utilization Review
Les réhospitalisations précoces imprévues sont-elles évitables?