Table 2.
30-day readmission (number (%)) by discharge cohort.
Cohort |
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LOS≥1 |
LOS≥2 |
LOS≥3 |
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Discharged | Not Discharged | Discharged | Not Discharged | Discharged | Not Discharged | |
30-day readmission N (%) | 437 (2.5%) | 1432 (4.2%) | 538 (2.9%) | 894 (5.9%) | 459 (4.6%) | 435 (8.4%) |
Cohorts represent total number of patients in the hospital and available for discharge each day. LOS≥1 day includes all patients. LOS≥2 days represents all patients not discharged on day 1. LOS≥3 represents all patients not discharged on day 2. Patients who are not discharged make up the entire population eligible for discharge in the subsequent cohort.