Table 6 Hospital readmissions: available data in the literature
Author | Study period | Country | Type of study | Patients ( n ) | Readmission rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vashi et al. [7]. | Jul 2008 − Sep 2009 | USA | Prospective | 4.028,555 | 14.7% |
Rising et al. [11] | Jan − Jun 2010 | USA | Retrospective | 15,519 | 23.8% |
Dharmarajan et al. [12] | 2007 − 2009 | USA | Retrospective | 3.047,615 | 21.0% |
Donzè et al. [9] | 2009 − 2010 | USA | Retrospective | 10,731 | 22.3% |
Moloney et al. [15] | 2002 | Ireland | Retrospective | 4,051 | 15.2% |
Kaboli et al. [16] | 1997 − 2010 | USA | Observational | 4.124,907 | 15.7% |
Dobrzanska et al. [17] | Sep 2002 − Aug 2003 | UK | Observational | 1,235 | 11.6% |
Maurer et al. [18] | Mar − May 1998 | France | Retrospective | 773 | 12.3% |
Jencks et al. [19] | 2003 − 2004 | USA | Retrospective | 11.855,702 | 19.6% |
Hasan et al. [20] | Jul 2001 − Jun 2003 | USA | Prospective observational | 10,946 | 17.5% |
Glynn et al. [21] | 2002 − 2008 | Ireland | Retrospective | 23,114 | 27.0% |