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    Pediatric cardiac readmissions: An opportunity for quality improvement?

    Jeffrey H. Sacks1,2, Michael Kelleman2, Courtney McCracken2, Michelle Glanville1, Matthew Oster1,2

    Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.12, No.3, pp. 282-288, 2017, DOI:10.1111/chd.12436

    Abstract Objective: Hospital readmissions are increasingly becoming a metric for quality in the current landscape of changing and cost effective medicine. However, no 30-d readmission rates have been established for pediatric cardiac medical patients in the United States. Thus, the objective was to determine 30 d readmission rates and risk factors associated with readmission for pediatric cardiac patients, hypothesizing that pediatric cardiac patients would have significantly higher readmission rates than their general pediatric counterparts.
    Design: This was a retrospective cohort study.
    Setting: The study took place at a large urban academic children’s hospital.
    Patients: The 1124 included patients were discharged… More >

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