Preventability of Early Versus Late Hospital Readmissions
Authors: David B. Edwards
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2019)

Letters5 February 2019Preventability of Early Versus Late Hospital ReadmissionsDavid B. Edwards, MDDavid B. Edwards, MDBanner Health, Gilbert, Arizona (D.B.E.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L18-0605 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Graham and colleagues' article (1) adds to our knowledge about the factors contributing to readmission. I appreciate the question that they sought to answer but am concerned about a methodological aspect that I could not discern from their article. The adjudicators did not always agree on the preventability of the readmission, and the analysis included all patients who had a probability of preventable readmission exceeding 50%. Were those patients considered to have had a clearly preventable readmission weighted greater in the analysis than those with “a >50% chance of preventability but a close call”? This weighted adjustment could ...References1. 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 Scholar2. Edwards DB, Panozzo S. Effect of nonpayment for hospital-acquired, catheter-associated urinary tract infection [Letter]. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158:221-2. [PMID: 23381052]. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-158-3-201302050-00023 LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Banner Health, Gilbert, Arizona (D.B.E.)Disclosures: The author has disclosed no conflicts of interest. The form can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L18-0605. 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 Yuji Inagaki , Masaki Maruta , Yasushi Nakano , and Jun Higuchi Preventability of Early Versus Late Hospital Readmissions Akihiro Mine , Soichiro Ikeda , Tetsuya Makiishi , and Rie Matsushita Preventability of Early Versus Late Hospital Readmissions Tetsuo Takata and Yuki Katoka Preventability of Early Versus Late Hospital Readmissions Kazuya Nagasaki , Yutaro Akiyama , Mikio Hayashi , and Hideki Mori Preventability of Early Versus Late Hospital Readmissions Gigi Nickas Preventability of Early Versus Late Hospital Readmissions Kelly L. Graham , Andrew D. Auerbach , and Shoshana J. Herzig Metrics 5 February 2019Volume 170, Issue 3Page: 217KeywordsConflicts of interestDisclosure ePublished: 5 February 2019 Issue Published: 5 February 2019 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2019 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...