Causes and patterns of readmissions in patients with common comorbidities: retrospective cohort study

To evaluate the primary diagnoses and patterns of 30 day readmissions and potentially avoidable readmissions in medical patients with each of the most common comorbidities.Retrospective cohort study.Academic tertiary medical centre in Boston, 2009-10.10,731 consecutive adult discharges from a medical department.Primary readmission diagnoses of readmissions within 30 days of discharge and potentially avoidable 30 day readmissions to the index...