For their study, researchers assessed data on nearly 15,500 PCI patients from Jan. 1998-June 2008 at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn. They sought to find factors associated with 30-day readmission following PCI procedures.
Results from their analysis showed 9.4 percent of patients were readmitted within 30 days, and 0.68 percent of patients died within 30 days after discharge. Several factors were associated with an increased risk of 30-day readmission, including female sex, Medicare insurance and length of stay of more than three days.
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