- Of the patients whose data were analyzed, 1.3 percent patients were hospitalized for a SSI within one year of surgery.
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- 30.2 percent of patients readmitted for an SSI, or more than 300 of the original study population, were readmitted again for SSI complications within a year after surgery.
- 517 study subjects experienced an “all-cause” readmission in the year after being readmitted for a SSI.
- The average cost of SSI readmission was $20,001. The average length of stay was 7.4 days.
- The average cost of an “all-cause” readmission was $19,870. The average length of stay was 6.4 days
- In total, readmissions in the year after a SSI diagnosis included 1,072 hospital admissions and cost more than $25.5 million.
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