Association between days to complete inpatient discharge summaries with all‐payer hospital readmissions in Maryland

OBJECTIVE Hospital discharge summaries can provide valuable information to future providers and may help to prevent hospital readmissions. We sought to examine whether the number of days to complete hospital discharge summaries is associated with 30‐day readmission rate. PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study conducted on 87,994 consecutive discharges between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2014, in a large urban academic...