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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Surg. 2015 Feb;150(2):152–158. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.2346

Table 4. Reason for Readmission by Site.

Total (%) Index Institution Non-Index Institution P-value
Gastrointestinal/nutritional 56 (41.8) 47 (44.8) 9 (31.0) 0.208
Surgical infection 42 (31.3) 36 (34.3) 6 (20.7) 0.183
Vascular problem 9 (6.7) 9 (8.6) 0 (0.0) 0.204
Genitourinary problem 4 (3.0) 3 (2.9) 1 (3.4) 1.000
Pulmonary problem 3 (2.2) 2 (1.9) 1 (3.4) 0.522
Cardiac problem 3 (3.0) 1 (1.0) 2 (6.9) 0.118
Other 17 (12.7) 7 (6.7) 10 (34.5) <0.001*
Total 134 105 29
*

Statistically significant.