Publications by authors named "Michael C Ponti-Zins"
Background: Readmission rates are frequently used as a hospital quality metric; yet multiple measures exist to evaluate pediatric readmission rates. We sought to assess how four different measures of pediatric readmission compare with assessment of both preventable and unplanned readmission.
Methods: Clinicians on hospital medicine, cardiology, neonatology, and neurology teams reviewed medical records for 30-day readmissions using an abstraction tool with high interrater reliability for preventability assessment.