Table 2.
Readmission rates for the most common principal diagnoses in dermatology-related hospitalizations by year.
Abbreviations: Hosp, hospitalizations; 30-AC, 30 day all cause readmission rate; 30-SC, 30 day same cause readmission rate; CY-SC, calendar year same cause readmission rate; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosp, N | 30-AC, % | 30-SC, % | CY-SC, % | Hosp, N | 30-AC, % | 30-SC, % | CY-SC, % | Hosp, N | 30-AC, % | 30-SC, % | CY-SC, % | Hosp, N | 30-AC, % | 30-SC, % | CY-SC, % | Hosp, N | 30-AC, % | 30-SC, % | CY-SC, % | |
| All | 744617 | 9.8 | 3.3 | 7.7 | 736241 | 9.8 | 3.3 | 7.8 | 729310 | 9.9 | 3.3 | 7.9 | 699159 | 9.7 | 3.4 | 7.9 | 693272 | 9.8 | 3.4 | 7.9 |
| Cellulitis | 618571 | 9.2 | 3.1 | 7.7 | 613230 | 9.2 | 3.2 | 7.9 | 611208 | 9.3 | 3.2 | 8.1 | 587030 | 9.1 | 3.3 | 8.1 | 582711 | 9.2 | 3.3 | 8.0 |
| SLE | 14900 | 24.9 | 13.0 | 26.0 | 14700 | 24.4 | 13.1 | 24.5 | 14358 | 25.5 | 13.8 | 25.3 | 13453 | 23.9 | 12.9 | 23.1 | 12933 | 23.1 | 11.2 | 22.4 |
| Drug rash | 7672 | 11.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 7634 | 11.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 7638 | 10.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 6929 | 11.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 7098 | 11.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| Herpes zoster | 7784 | 12.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 7707 | 12.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 7458 | 11.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 6200 | 12.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 6164 | 11.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| Hidradenitis | 3740 | 12.6 | 6.1 | 18.2 | 3992 | 11.1 | 5.5 | 17.5 | 4242 | 14.7 | 7.4 | 20.5 | 4077 | 12.7 | 6.4 | 17.1 | 4398 | 13.6 | 6.8 | 19.9 |
| Kawasaki | 4804 | 12.8 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 3857 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3008 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 3560 | 7.7 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 4198 | 8.2 | 5.3 | 5.6 |
| Pilonidal cyst | 4259 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 3904 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 3928 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 3722 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 3502 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| Melanoma | 3573 | 9.2 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 3458 | 11.4 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 3157 | 8.2 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 2976 | 8.8 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 2751 | 9.1 | 1.6 | 3.8 |
| Urticaria | 3392 | 6.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3418 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2918 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2612 | 6.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2397 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Swelling in head and neck | 3156 | 9.8 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2892 | 12.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2869 | 11.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2641 | 12.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2422 | 12.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |