Medical and surgical innovations have allowed to shorter length of hospital stay (LOS). We assume that hospitals with uncontrolled reduction in LOS may expose patients to unsafe care. At the institutional level, a dynamic analysis of LOS evolution over time could clarify the existence of a link with the risk of readmission.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
100,000
Collection of hospital lengths of stay and readmissions
Pôle Information Médicale Evaluation Recherche des Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lyon, France
RECRUITINGUnplanned hospital readmission with death, intensive care, or reoperation
Number of unplanned hospital readmission with death, intensive care, or reoperation within 30 days of surgical procedure
Time frame: 30 days
Unplanned hospital readmission with death, intensive care, or reoperation
Number of unplanned hospital readmission with death, intensive care, or reoperation within 3 months of surgical procedure
Time frame: 3 months
Unplanned hospital readmission with death, intensive care, or reoperation
Number of unplanned hospital readmission with death, intensive care, or reoperation within 6 months of surgical procedure
Time frame: 6 months
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