Table 2. 30-day hospital utilization rates among 63,911 patients undergoing isolated CABG in 114 California.
| Readmissions | ED visits1 | Hospital-based, acute care | |
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| Hospital-level rates | |||
| Observed rate, median (IQR) | 15.2 (4.9) | 11.5 (4.3) | 24.0 (5.2) |
| Risk standardized rate, median (IQR) | 15.0 (2.9) | 11.9 (3.3) | 23.9 (3.3) |
| Occurred at a hospital other than the discharging hospital for coronary artery bypass (%) | 63.0% | 53.7% | 58.9% |
| Most common associated primary diagnoses (% of all encounters) | |||
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| Most common | Post-operative infection (11.6%) | Chest pain (6.9%) | Post-operative infection (8.1%) |
| 2nd | Congestive heart failure (9.9%) | Chest discomfort (4.0%) | Congestive heart failure (6.9%) |
| 3rd | Pleural effusion (3.3%) | Post-operative infection (3.4%) | Chest pain (3.6%) |
| 4th | Pneumonia (3.0%) | Painful respirations (3.3%) | Chest discomfort (3.4%) |
| 5th | Chest discomfort (2.9%) | Congestive heart failure (3.2%) | Pleural effusion (3.1%) |
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Only includes encounters which did not result in admission