The first U.S. case of MERS-CoV infection diagnosed in the U.S. has been identified in an individual traveling from Saudi Arabia.
Reducing 30-day hospital readmission rates is an important goal in improving healthcare quality and reducing healthcare costs.
There are four predictors for a potentially avoidable readmission due to end-of-life issues: number of admissions in the past year, opiate prescription at discharge, neoplasm and Elixhauser comorbidity index.
In this large observational study in four hospitals with a standardized rapid response system, among patients with an initial team activation who were not immediately transferred to the ICU, those with one or more additional activations during the hospitalization were more likely to need ICU care and had both longer hospital stays and higher mortality.
