Incidence of potentially avoidable urgent readmissions and their relation to all-cause urgent readmissions.
van Walraven C, Jennings A, Taljaard M, et al. Incidence of potentially avoidable urgent readmissions and their relation to all-cause urgent readmissions. Can Med Assoc J. 2011;183(14). doi:10.1503/cmaj.110400.
Readmissions after hospital discharge are common and may be related to adverse events after discharge. However, this Canadian study of discharges from 11 hospitals found that fewer than 1 in 5 urgent readmissions could be considered preventable. Both this proportion and the overall incidence of readmissions varied widely across individual hospitals.