Preventability of Early Versus Late Hospital Readmissions
Authors: Gigi Nickas
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2019)

Letters5 February 2019Preventability of Early Versus Late Hospital ReadmissionsGigi Nickas, MDGigi Nickas, MDSan Luis Hospitalists, San Luis Obispo, California (G.N.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L18-0607 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:I thank Graham and colleagues (1) for their article. We hospitalists in community settings rely on research from academic centers to guide our strategies to reduce readmissions, and all clinicians rely on academic centers to inform policy at the highest level. Figure 2 of this article shows a steep drop in the proportion of preventable readmissions between days 7 and 8, which suggests bias on behalf of the adjudicators who were not blinded to the timing of readmission. The proportion of preventable readmissions between days 1 and 7 is represented as an almost straight horizontal line in ...Reference1. Graham KL, Auerbach AD, Schnipper JL, Flanders SA, Kim CS, Robinson EJ, et al. Preventability of early versus late hospital readmissions in a national cohort of general medicine patients. Ann Intern Med. 2018;168:766-74. [PMID: 29710243]. doi:10.7326/M17-1724 LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: San Luis Hospitalists, San Luis Obispo, California (G.N.)Disclosures: The author has disclosed no conflicts of interest. The form can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L18-0607. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoPreventability of Early Versus Late Hospital Readmissions in a National Cohort of General Medicine Patients Kelly L. Graham , Andrew D. Auerbach , Jeffrey L. Schnipper , Scott A. Flanders , Christopher S. Kim , Edmondo J. Robinson , Gregory W. Ruhnke , Larissa R. Thomas , Sunil Kripalani , Eduard E. Vasilevskis , Grant S. Fletcher , Neil J. Sehgal , Peter K. Lindenauer , Mark V. Williams , Joshua P. Metlay , Roger B. Davis , Julius Yang , Edward R. Marcantonio , and Shoshana J. Herzig Preventability of Early Versus Late Hospital Readmissions Akihiro Mine , Soichiro Ikeda , Tetsuya Makiishi , and Rie Matsushita Preventability of Early Versus Late Hospital Readmissions Kazuya Nagasaki , Yutaro Akiyama , Mikio Hayashi , and Hideki Mori Preventability of Early Versus Late Hospital Readmissions Yuji Inagaki , Masaki Maruta , Yasushi Nakano , and Jun Higuchi Preventability of Early Versus Late Hospital Readmissions Kelly L. Graham , Andrew D. Auerbach , and Shoshana J. Herzig Preventability of Early Versus Late Hospital Readmissions Tetsuo Takata and Yuki Katoka Preventability of Early Versus Late Hospital Readmissions David B. Edwards Metrics 5 February 2019Volume 170, Issue 3Page: 219KeywordsConflicts of interestDisclosureHospitalists ePublished: 5 February 2019 Issue Published: 5 February 2019 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2019 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...