Readmission of ICU patients: A quality indicator?

Gil Ben-Horin
Published: Dec 16, 2016

A retrospective cohort study conducted at OLVG hospital aimed to verify previously identified potential determinants for readmission of ICU patients to assess which modifiable factors can make readmission rate a quality indicator. This is the largest single centre cohort of ICU patients to date, with 19,750 patients at risk for readmission included over a 14-year period. Demographic and clinical characteristics were extracted from MetaVision. The authors found that since readmission rate is associated with factors that are mainly patient dependent and cannot be modified, such as age, severity of disease, type of admission, infection, and immunodeficiency, readmission rate does not meet the criteria to be used as a useful quality indicator.

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