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 104 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 20 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2005	0	1	1
2006	0	3	3
2009	3	0	3
2010	1	0	1
2011	2	0	2
2012	2	1	3
2013	0	1	1
2014	3	0	3
2015	3	0	3
2016	6	1	7
2017	2	3	5
2018	10	5	15
2019	13	7	20
2020	8	3	11
2021	6	1	7
2022	1	2	3
2023	3	5	8
2024	2	2	4
2025	1	3	4

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Carlo WA, Eichenwald EC, Carper BA, Bell EF, Keszler M, Patel RM, S?nchez PJ, Goldberg RN, D'Angio CT, Van Meurs KP, Hibbs AM, Ambalavanan N, Cosby SS, Newman NS, Vohr BR, Walsh MC, Das A, Ohls RK, Fuller J, Rysavy MA, Ghavam S, Brion LP, Puopolo KM, Moore R, Baack ML, Colaizy TT, Baserga M, Osman AF, Merhar SL, Poindexter BB, DeMauro SB, Kumar V, Cotten CM. Extended Caffeine for Apnea in Moderately Preterm Infants: The MoCHA Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2025 06 24; 333(24):2154-2163.

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Shannon EM, Blegen MB, Orav EJ, Li R, Norris KC, Maggard-Gibbons M, Dimick JB, de Virgilio C, Zingmond D, Alberti P, Tsugawa Y. Patient-surgeon racial and ethnic concordance and outcomes of older adults operated on by California licensed surgeons: an observational study. BMJ Open. 2025 Mar 03; 15(3):e089900.

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Cao A, Fisher AM, Poland RE, Gary T, Schnipper J, Sands K. Racial Disparities in Mortality and Readmission Among COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2025; 36(1):115-143.

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MacLeod KE, Roy K, Wirth D, Minaya-Junca J, Onwuanyi A, Luo F, Lane R. The Program Cost Effectiveness of a Safety-Net Hospital Program Expanding Social Needs Activities in Atlanta. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2025; 36(1):167-179.

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Levine LD, Friedman AM, Kim YY, Purisch SE, Wen T. Postpartum readmissions among patients with adult congenital heart disease. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2025 Feb; 7(2):101580.

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Snyder EM, Abella MK, Yoon IJ, Lee AY, Singh SA, Harvey CJ, Puapong DP, Woo RK. Effect of physician specialty training on pediatric appendectomy outcomes: an NSQIP-P analysis. Pediatr Surg Int. 2024 Nov 10; 40(1):302.

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Gutierrez JV, Johnson L, Desai K, Tabak B, Woo RK. Timing of Kasai Procedure for Biliary Atresia: An Analysis of the Pediatric National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database. J Surg Res. 2024 Sep; 301:681-685.

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Weldeslase TA, Akinyemi OA, Enchill KA, Lin A, Silvestre J, Fullum TM, Cornwell EE, Nembhard CE. The relationship between neighborhood socioeconomic status and short-term outcomes following colon resection. Am J Surg. 2024 Oct; 236:115803.

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Roy I, Karmarkar AM, Lininger MR, Jain T, Martin BI, Kumar A. Association Between Hospital Participation in Value-Based Programs and Timely Initiation of Post-Acute Home Health Care, Functional Recovery, and Hospital Readmission After Joint Replacement. Phys Ther. 2023 12 06; 103(12).

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Azad H, Wen T, Bello NA, Booker WA, Purisch S, D'Alton ME, Friedman AM. Peripartum cardiomyopathy delivery hospitalization and postpartum readmission trends, risk factors, and outcomes. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2023 Dec; 34:116-123.

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