Characteristics of 30-day readmission in spontaneous pneumothorax in the United States: a nationwide retrospective study

• Main Authors: Osama Mukhtar (Author), Binav Shrestha (Author), Mazin Khalid (Author), Oday Alhafdh (Author), Praveen Datar (Author), Bikash Bhattarai (Author), Manal Bakhiet (Author), Vijay Gayam (Author), Mowyad Khalid (Author), Joseph Quist (Author), Danilo Enriquez (Author), Frances Schmidt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Our study aimed to determine the national estimates of the 30-day all-cause readmission rate among patients with spontaneous pneumothorax and to investigate the burden of these readmissions in terms of mortality, length of stay and hospitalization costs in the USA. Methods: We utilized th...