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Table 5 Unscheduled readmissions by type of DM consult received

From: The relationship between diabetes mellitus and 30-day readmission rates

  

Unscheduled Readmission

Consult type

Index discharge

Inpatient encounter

Other encounter

Any encounter

  

N%

p-value

n%

p-value

n%

p-value

All Inpatient adult discharges

36,820

4798 (13)

-

2908(7.9)

-

7009(19)

-

Inpatient adult discharges without DM

29,215 (79.4)

3468(11.9)

<0.001*

2204 (7.5)

<0.001*

5163(17.7)

<0.001*

Inpatient adult discharge with DM

7605 (20.6)

1330(17.5)

-

704 (9.3)

-

1846(24.3)

-

No HIIP/Endo

6559

1142(17.4)

--

632(9.6)

--

1606(24.5)

--

Either HIIP/Endo

1046

184(17.6)

0.8953

69(6.6)

0.0012

234(22.4)

0.1398

HIIP only

728

127(17.4)

1.000

41(5.6)

0.0003

159 (21.8)

0.1211

Endo only

243

36(14.8)

0.342

19(7.8)

0.436

46(18.9)

0.0477

  1. All p-values represent comparison of the readmission rate for patients who received no HIIP or endocrine consult to other consult categories; *These p-values compare the overall readmission rate for each encounter type (shaded row) to the readmission rate for inpatient adult discharge without DM