Readmission for venous thromboembolism after emergency general surgery is underreported and influenced by insurance status.

Background: Prior studies of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after emergency general surgery (EGS) are not nationally representative nor do they fully capture readmissions to different hospitals. We hypothesized that different-hospital readmission accounted for a significant number of readmissions with VTE after EGS and that predictive factors would be different for same- and different-hospital readmissions.

Methods: The 2014 Nationwide Readmissions Database was queried for nonelective EGS hospitalizations.