Journal of Medical Economics study: Rate of VTE-related readmissions for 6 primary discharge diagnoses

  1. For those initially hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of infectious diseases
  2. the rate of VTE-related hospital readmission: 2.0%
  3. For those initially hospitalized for respiratory diseases: 1.6%
  4. Cancer had the highest rate: 3.9%
  5. of which 51.3% were for a primary diagnosis of VTE
  6. For those initially hospitalized for heart failure: 1.9%
  7. For those initially hospitalized for ischemic stroke: 1.4%
  8. For those initially hospitalized for rheumatic diseases: 1.7%
Notes: VTE is venous thromboembolism. Authors of the study: Alpesh Amin ORCID Icon, Steven Deitelzweig, Iwona Bucior, Jay Lin, Melissa Lingohr-Smith, Brandy Menges & W Richey Neuman.

Source: Journal of Medical Economics, May 14, 2019, "Frequency of hospital readmissions for venous thromboembolism and associated hospital costs and length of stay among acute medically ill patients in the US." - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13696998.2019.1618862

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