Association of postoperative readmissions with surgical quality using a Delphi consensus process to identify relevant diagnosis codes.

Hillary J. Mull; Laura A. Graham; Melanie S. Morris; Amy K. Rosen; Joshua S. Richman; Jeffery Whittle; Edith Burns; Todd H. Wagner; Laurel A. Copeland; Tyler Wahl; Caroline Jones; Robert H. Hollis; Kamal M F Itani; Mary T. Hawn

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Association of postoperative readmissions with surgical quality using a Delphi consensus process to identify relevant diagnosis codes.

May 16, 2018

Mull HJ, Graham LA, Morris MS, et al. JAMA Surg. 2018;153(8):728-737.

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Readmissions occur frequently after hospital discharge and may reflect opportunities to improve the quality and safety of care provided during the index admission. Using a modified Delphi process, an expert panel reviewed 30-day postoperative readmissions over a 7-year period for patients who had received surgery within the Veterans Affairs system. The study suggests that more than 50% of postoperative readmissions may be related to the quality of surgical care provided during the index admission.

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