Pediatric blood & cancer
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Pediatric blood & cancer · Apr 2009
Risk factors for hospital readmission within 30 days: a new quality measure for children with sickle cell disease.
The National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) established hospital readmission within 30 days as a benchmark for quality care in children with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). Among children with SCD, limited data exists to identify risk factors for readmission and whether they are modifiable. ⋯ Potentially modifiable risk factors exist to decrease the rate of readmission of children with SCD admitted to the hospital for pain.