Patient Readmission

"Patient Readmission" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Subsequent admissions of a patient to a hospital or other health care institution for treatment.

Descriptor ID	D010359
MeSH Number(s)	E02.760.400.620 N02.421.585.400.620
Concept/Terms	Patient Readmission Patient Readmission Readmission, Patient 30 Day Readmission 30 Day Readmissions Thirty Day Readmission Readmission, Thirty Day Thirty Day Readmissions Hospital Readmissions Hospital Readmissions Readmissions, Hospital Hospital Readmission Readmission, Hospital

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Patient Readmission".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Patient Care [E02.760]
Hospitalization [E02.760.400]
Patient Readmission [E02.760.400.620]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Patient Care [N02.421.585]
Hospitalization [N02.421.585.400]
Patient Readmission [N02.421.585.400.620]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Patient Readmission".

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Bar chart showing 324 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 41 publications in 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	1	1
1996	2	1	3
1997	1	1	2
1998	1	0	1
2001	0	3	3
2004	1	3	4
2005	0	1	1
2006	2	2	4
2007	2	1	3
2008	2	4	6
2009	1	1	2
2010	0	2	2
2011	4	0	4
2012	1	5	6
2013	5	8	13
2014	8	3	11
2015	10	4	14
2016	23	10	33
2017	20	14	34
2018	21	20	41
2019	13	14	27
2020	10	23	33
2021	8	19	27
2022	7	26	33
2023	1	3	4
2024	5	3	8
2025	3	1	4

Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Readmission" by people in Profiles.

Averbuch T, Zafari A, Islam S, Lee SF, Sankaranarayanan R, Greene SJ, Mamas MA, Pandey A, Van Spall HG. Comparative performance of risk prediction indices for mortality or readmission following heart failure hospitalization. ESC Heart Fail. 2025 Apr; 12(2):1227-1236.

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Heybati K, Chang A, Mohamud H, Satkunasivam R, Coburn N, Salles A, Tsugawa Y, Ikesu R, Saka N, Detsky AS, Ko DT, Ross H, Mamas MA, Jerath A, Wallis CJD. The association between physician sex and patient outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Jan 17; 25(1):93.

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Boggan JC, Sankineni S, Dennis PA, Chen D, Sledge TW, Halpern D, Rushton S, Williams JW, Der T, Tabriz AA, Gordon AM, Jacobs M, Boucher NA, Colandrea M, Alexopoulos AS, Roman Jones J, Leflore-Lloyd N, Cantrell S, Goldstein KM, Gierisch JM. Effectiveness of Synchronous Postdischarge Contacts on Health Care Use and Patient Satisfaction : A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2025 Feb; 178(2):229-240.

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Oumarbaeva-Malone Y, McQuistion K, Quinn G, Mayer EJ, Manicone P. Investing in a New Role to Increase Timely Morning Discharges in the Inpatient Setting. Hosp Pediatr. 2025 Jan 01; 15(1):9-16.

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Sun G, Torjman MC, Min KJ. A comprehensive analysis of in-hospital adverse events after scopolamine administration: insights from a retrospective cohort study using a large nationwide inpatient database. BMC Anesthesiol. 2024 Nov 28; 24(1):438.

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Ahmad D, S? MP, Brown JA, Yousef S, Wang Y, Serna-Gallegos D, West D, Yoon P, Kaczorowski D, Bonatti J, Chu D, Ferdinand FD, Phillippi J, Sultan I. Hospital Teaching Status and Outcomes in Type B Aortic Dissection: Analysis of More Than 40,000 Patients. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Jan; 39(1):88-94.

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Ozata IH, Tufekci T, Aksan T, Eren E, Karahan SN, Kalender M, Gulluoglu YB, Uymaz DS, Ozoran E, Karadag A, Rencuzogullari A, Bugra D, Balik E. Reducing dehydration-induced readmissions post-colorectal surgery: the impact of a prevention bundle. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2024 Sep 07; 39(1):138.

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Fares MY, Liu HH, da Silva Etges APB, Zhang B, Warner JJP, Olson JJ, Fedorka CJ, Khan AZ, Best MJ, Kirsch JM, Simon JE, Sanders B, Costouros JG, Zhang X, Jones P, Haas DA, Abboud JA. Utility of Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and Artificial Intelligence in Predicting Hospital Readmissions After Orthopaedic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JBJS Rev. 2024 Aug 01; 12(8).

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Heard JC, Ezeonu T, Lee Y, Narayanan R, Kellish A, Dulitzki Y, Resnick D, Zucker J, Shaer A, Canseco JA, Rihn JA, Woods B, Hilibrand AS, Vaccaro AR, Kepler CK, Schroeder GD. Evaluating the Association Between Physical Therapy Variables and Outcomes After Lumbar Fusion. Clin Spine Surg. 2025 Mar 01; 38(2):E129-E134.

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Kwon J, Farquhar D, Tasoulas J, Hackman TG. Post-surgical readmission risk factors in otolaryngology/head and neck surgery. Head Neck. 2024 Oct; 46(10):2407-2414.

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