National trends in emergency readmission rates: a longitudinal analysis of administrative data for England between 2006 and 2016.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To assess trends in 30-day emergency readmission rates across England over one decade. DESIGN:Retrospective study design. SETTING:150 non-specialist hospital trusts in England. PARTICIPANTS:23 069 134 patients above 18 years of age who were readmitted following an initial admission (n=62 584 297) between April 2006 and February 2016. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOMES:We examined emergency admissions that occurred within 30 days of discharge from hospital ('emergency readmissions') as a measure of healthcare quality. Presented are overall readmission rates, and disaggregated by the nature of the indexed admission, including whether it was elective or emergency, and by clinical health condition recorded. All rates were risk-adjusted for patient age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic st

SUBMITTER: Friebel R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5857687 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature