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 288 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 37 publications in 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	2	1	3
1997	1	0	1
1998	1	0	1
2001	0	1	1
2004	0	1	1
2005	0	1	1
2006	2	2	4
2008	2	0	2
2009	1	0	1
2010	0	2	2
2011	4	0	4
2012	2	4	6
2013	5	5	10
2014	10	1	11
2015	7	2	9
2016	19	10	29
2017	15	10	25
2018	18	19	37
2019	12	16	28
2020	12	18	30
2021	7	13	20
2022	9	19	28
2023	2	6	8
2024	7	12	19
2025	3	4	7

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

Pohl NB, Dalton J, Huang R, Narayanan R, Tarawneh OH, Lee Y, Fellheimer H, Buckner M, Kurd MF, Kaye ID, Canseco JA, Hilibrand AS, Vaccaro AR, Schroeder GD, Kepler CK. The Effect of Body Mass Index on Surgical Outcomes Following Aseptic Short-Segment Revision Lumbar Fusions: A Retrospective Study. World Neurosurg. 2025 04; 196:123801.

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Tran KS, Lambrechts MJ, Lee Y, Ledesma J, Li S, Meghpara M, Fried TB, Kowal L, Mahmood H, Issa TZ, Opara O, Wong A, Canseco JA, Hilibrand AS, Anderson DG, Vaccaro AR, Kepler CK, Schroeder GD. Patients Undergoing Multilevel Thoracolumbar Fusions With Prior Total Hip Arthroplasty Are at Higher Risk for Prosthetic Dislocations. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2025 Nov 15; 33(22):e1343-e1359.

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Gudushauri N, Polintan ET, Lemonjava I, Menghrajani RH, Alfonso PG, Shah S, Azmaiparashvili Z, Lo KB, Rangaswami J. Torsemide vs. furosemide in congestive heart failure: a systematic-review and meta-analysis on mortality and rehospitalization. Acta Cardiol. 2025 Jun; 80(4):351-357.

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Sokhal BS, Matetic A, Marshall M, Twohig H, Shepherd T, Mallen CD, Mamas MA. 30-day unplanned readmission rates and causes in patients hospitalised for acute coronary syndrome based on DANish CoMorbidity index for Acute Myocardial Infarction score. Hellenic J Cardiol. 2026 Jul-Aug; 90:17-30.

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Sutton R, Lizcano J, Krueger CA, Courtney PM, Purtill JJ, Austin MS. Evaluating Surgeon-influenced Factors for Total Knee Arthroplasty Value-based Reimbursement. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2025 Jan 28; 33(14):e807-e816.

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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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Khan IA, Cozzarelli NF, Hohmann AL, Siddiqui H, Tjoumakaris FP, Freedman KB, Fillingham YA. Undergoing cartilage procedures before total knee arthroplasty is not associated with worse postoperative functional outcomes, readmission rates or complication rates. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2025 Jun; 33(6):2136-2143.

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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 01; 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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