... 4.1% of the patients returned to the ED within 72 hours. Of the factors that contributed to the returns:
- 94.9%
were illness-related
- 1.6%
were patient-related
- 3.5%
were physician-related
- Management
was considered to be suboptimal in 7.4% of the return visits
Source: "Emergency Department Return Visits Resulting in Admission Do They Reflect Quality of Care?," American Journal of Medical Quality, abstract only, July 9, 2015, http://ajm.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/07/07/1062860615594879.abstract
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