Defining Rates and Risk Factors for Readmissions Following Emergency General Surgery

Hospital readmission rates following surgery are increasingly being used as a marker of quality of care and are used in pay-for-performance metrics. To our knowledge, comprehensive data on readmissions to the initial hospital or a different hospital after emergency general surgery (EGS) procedures do not exist.To define readmission rates and identify risk factors for readmission after common EGS procedures.Patients undergoing EGS, as defined by...