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MeSH Heading: Patient Readmission
Tree Number(s): E02.760.400.620; N02.421.585.400.620
Unique ID: D010359
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010359
Scope Note: Subsequent admissions of a patient to a hospital or other health care institution for treatment.
Entry Term(s): 30 Day Readmission; Hospital Readmission; Hospital Readmissions; Readmission, Hospital; Readmissions, Hospital; Rehospitalization; Thirty Day Readmission; Unplanned Hospital Readmissions; Unplanned Readmission
NLM Classification #: WX 158
Previous Indexing: Hospitalization (1966-1969)
Public MeSH Note: 78; was HOSPITAL READMISSION 1972-77; HOSPITAL READMISSIONS was see PATIENT READMISSION 1997
Online Note: use PATIENT READMISSION to search HOSPITAL READMISSION 1970-77 (as Prov 1970-71)
History Note: 78; was HOSPITAL READMISSION 1970-77 (Prov 1970-71); HOSPITAL READMISSIONS was see PATIENT READMISSION 1997
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/12/02

Allowable Qualifiers: economics (EC)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

standards (ST)

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trends (TD)

Concept UI: M0016064
Terms: Hospital Readmissions Preferred Term
Term UI T030588
Date10/03/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Readmission, Hospital
Term UI T030589
Date06/10/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Readmissions, Hospital
Term UI T030590
Date10/03/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Hospital Readmission
Term UI T030591
Date04/28/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Unplanned Hospital Readmissions
Term UI T001105725
Date04/30/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022)

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