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Exploring clinical variation in readmission - Return to acute care following discharge from hospital, eight clinical conditions, NSW

July 2012 to June 2015

This report presents risk-standardised readmission rates for eight clinical conditions in NSW, and across 79 public hospitals.

Measures of unplanned readmission are used to inform assessments of healthcare performance and highlight areas for improvement.

Released: 12 April 2017


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Overview Summary

Overview of risk-standardised measures of mortality and unplanned readmission for patients who were hospitalised during the period July 2012 – June 2015.

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Individual hospital profiles

See detailed results for 79 individual public hospitals.

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Two new reports shed light on hospital mortality and readmissions in NSW

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Other reports in this series

Readmission and returns to acute care following hospitalisation for eight clinical conditions, July 2015 – June 2018

This report provides the community and health professionals with information about the performance of 74 public hospitals for eight clinical conditions, including three surgical procedures.

Released: 27 November 2019

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Return to acute care following hospitalisation, Insights into readmissions, NSW public hospitals, July 2009 – June 2012

This report examines the rate of return to acute care within 30 days for five clinical conditions, and across 78 NSW public hospitals.

Released: 24 June 2015

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