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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2016 Feb 13;223(1):164–171.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.01.061

Table 4.

Time to First Readmission, Number of Readmissions, and Costs of First and All 30-Day Readmissions after Liver Transplant

Home (n=1,939) Home health (n=779) LTAC/SNF (n=193) Inpatient rehabilitation (n=70)
Time to first readmission, d, median (IQR) 8 (3–16) 8 (4–15) 8 (6–17) 17 (10.5–21)
No. of 30-d readmissions, n (%)
 1 441 (75.0) 192 (75.3) 41 (77.4) 12 (100.0)
 >1 147 (25.0) 63 (24.7) 12 (22.6) 0 (0.0)
Cost of first 30-d readmission, median (range) $10,703.60 ($6,149.81 – 21,306.53) $10,423.65 ($5,659.31 – 26,252.12) $22,285.23 ($6,304.15 – 44,705.29) $14,629.20 (11,126.03 – 72,138.54)
Total cost of 30-day readmissions, $, median (IQR) $12,424.24 ($6,524.93 – 25,929.96) $12,959.45 ($6,353.88 – 28,967.34) $25,535.94 ($6,793.57 – 53,165.93) $14,629.20 ($11,126.03 – 72,138.54)

LTAC, Long-term acute care; SNF, Skilled nursing facility; IQR, Interquartile range.