Hospital Readmission Following Thoracic Surgery

Richard K Freeman

doi:10.1016/j.thorsurg.2017.04.002

Hospital Readmission Following Thoracic Surgery

Thorac Surg Clin. 2017 Aug;27(3):315-326. doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2017.04.002. Epub 2017 May 22.

Author

Richard K Freeman¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St Vincent Hospital, 8433 Harcourt Road, Indianapolis, IN 46260, USA. Electronic address: Richard.Freeman@StVincent.org.

PMID: 28647078
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2017.04.002

Abstract

Hospital readmission costs the health care system in excess of 1 billion dollars a year. The Hospital Readmission Reduction Program was instituted as part of the Affordable Care Act in 2012 and penalizes hospitals with high rates of readmission. Strategies exist to minimize hospital readmissions and should be implemented by thoracic surgeons.

Keywords: Esophagectomy; Lobectomy; Quality; Readmission.

MeSH terms

Humans
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Patient Readmission*
Risk Assessment
Thoracic Surgical Procedures*
United States