In our larger data set there were 37,702 adult inpatient discharges between and 21% (7872) of patients had known DM (Table 5). 5% in patients with DM and 17.7% in those without DM (p < 0.001). The 30-day readmissions for DM for an inpatient and other (ED plus observation unit), were 17.5 and 9.3%, respectively. Patients with DM were significantly more likely to be readmitted compared to patients without DM for all three encounter types (p < 0.001). During the index hospital stay, 12% of patients with DM received a DM service consult; (9.6% by HIIP and 3.2% by ENDO) (Table 5).

Between the readmitted customers, an identical proportion away from a dozen% () had been administered a beneficial DM services request throughout the directory admission. Continue reading Readmission rates for all experience (inpatient, ED and Observation proper care) have been 24 →