Factors influencing emergency medical readmission risk in a UK district general hospital: A prospective study.

BACKGROUND: Over recent years increased emphasis has been given to performance monitoring of NHS hospitals, including overall number of hospital readmissions, which however are often sub-optimally adjusted for case-mix. We therefore conducted a study to examine the effect of various patient and disease factors on the risk of emergency medical readmission. METHODS: The study setting was a District General Hospital in Greater Manchester and the study period was 4.