Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Patient Readmission

Subsequent admissions of a patient to a hospital or other health care institution for treatment.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Subsequent admissions of a patient to a hospital or other health care institution for treatment.

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Synonyms

19 entry terms
  • Rehospitalization
  • Unplanned Readmission
  • Readmission, Patient
  • Readmission, Unplanned
  • Rehospitalizations
  • Unplanned Readmissions
  • 30 Day Readmission
  • Hospital Readmission
  • Hospital Readmissions
  • Readmission, Hospital
  • Readmissions, Hospital
  • Thirty Day Readmission
  • Unplanned Hospital Readmissions
  • 30 Day Readmissions
  • Hospital Readmission, Unplanned
  • Hospital Readmissions, Unplanned
  • Readmission, Thirty Day
  • Thirty Day Readmissions
  • Unplanned Hospital Readmission

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Aspects Covered

5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

78; was HOSPITAL READMISSION 1970-77 (Prov 1970-71); HOSPITAL READMISSIONS was see PATIENT READMISSION 1997

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Previous Indexing

  • Hospitalization (1966-1969)

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NLM Classification

WX 158

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Patient Readmission. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010359. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010359
  2. Patient Readmission. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital_readmission
  3. Patient Readmission. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25324519