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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of included studies that reported causes* (n = 45)

From: Towards a patient journey perspective on causes of unplanned readmissions using a classification framework: results of a systematic review with narrative synthesis

 

Auteur

Publication year

Country

Study design

Setting

Disease group/department of index admission

Duration

Additional data source

Questions/topics available

1

Agrawal

2015

USA

retrospective

monocenter

Decompensated cirrhosis

30 days

NA

NA

2

Auerbach

2016

USA

cross-sectional

multicenter

General medicine

30 days

Interviews with patients; surveys of patients’ physicians

Topics

3

Balla

2008

Israel

cross-sectional

monocenter

Medicine

30 days

Interviews with patients

Topics

4

Bianco

2012

Italy

cross-sectional

monocenter

Medical or surgical illness

30 days

Interviews with patients

NR

5

Burke

2016

USA

retrospective

monocenter

Internal medicine

7 days and 30 days

Interviews with patients (pilot)

NR

6

Cakir

2010

USA

retrospective

monocenter

Not specified

30 days

NA

NA

7

Cooksley

2015

England

retrospective

monocenter

Oncology

30 days

NA

NA

8

Clarke

1990

England

retrospective

multicenter

General medicine/surgery, geriatrics

< 28 days/0–6 days and 21–27 days

NA

NA

9

Dawes

2014

USA

retrospective

monocenter

General surgery

30 days

NA

 

10

Feigenbaum

2012

USA

cross-sectional

multicenter

Not specified

30 days

Interview with patients, providers and family

Questions and topics

11

Frankl

1991

USA

prospective

monocenter

Internal medicine

30 days

NA

NA

12

Glass

2013

USA

retrospective

multicenter

Patients undergoing pancreatectomy

30 days

NA

NA

13

Greenberg

2016

USA

retrospective

monocenter

Patient with a aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage

30 day

NA

 

14

Haines-Wood

2016

USA

retrospective

monocenter

All departments

15 days

NA

NA

15

Halfon

2002

Switserland

prospective

monocenter

All departments

30 days and 365 days

NA

NA

16

Harhay

2013

USA

retrospective

monocenter

Kidney transplantation

30 days

NA

NA

17

Jiminez-Puente

2004

Spain

cross-sectional

monocenter

All departments

6 months

NA

NA

18

Jonas

2016

USA

retrospective

monocenter

Paediatrics

15 days

NA

NA

19

Kelly

2015

UK

retrospective

monocenter

Learning disability

30 days

NA

NA

20

Maurer

2004

Switserland

prospective

monocenter

Internal medicine

90 days

NA

NA

21

Meisenberg

2016

USA

retrospective

monocenter

Oncology

30 days

NA

NA

22

Miles

1999

USA

retrospective

monocenter

All departments

28 days

NA

NA

23

Mittal

2016

USA

retrospective

multicenter

Acute ischemic stroke

30 days

NA

NA

24

Nahab

2012

USA

retrospective

monocenter

Stroke and cerebrovascular disease

30 days

NA

NA

25

Nijhawan

2015

USA

retrospective

monocenter

HIV patients

30 days

NA

NA

26

Oddone

1996

USA

prospective

multicenter

General medicine

6 months

NA

NA

27

Pace

2014

Canada

prospective

multicenter

Medical wards

30 days

NA

NA

28

Phelan

2009

Ireland

retrospective

monocenter

Heart failure

365 days

NA

NA

29

Ryan

2014

USA

retrospective

monocenter

Heart failure

30 days

NA

NA

30

Saunders

2015

USA

retrospective

monocenter

Oncology

30 days

NA

NA

31

Shah

2013

UK

retrospective

monocenter

Neurosurgery

30 days

NA

NA

32

Shalchi

2009

UK

retrospective

monocenter

Acute medical assessment unit

14 days

NA

NA

33

Shimizu

2014

USA

cross-sectional

monocenter

Internal medicine

30 days

Interviews with patients

Topics

34

Stein

2016

USA

cross-sectional

monocenter

Internal medicine

30 days

Interviews with patients

Questions and topics

35

Sutherland

2016

UK

retrospective

monocenter

Colorectal Surgery

30 day

Interviews with patient/ caretaker and attending surgeon

Topics

36

Tejedor-Sojo

2015

USA

retrospective

monocenter

Paediatrics

30 days

NA

NA

37

Toomey

2016

USA

cross-sectional

monocenter

Paediatrics

30 day

Interviews with parents/guardians, patients, inpatient clinicians and primary care providers

NR

38

Vachon

2012

USA

retrospective

monocenter

Trauma patients

30 days

  

39

Van Walraven

2011

Canada

prospective

multicenter

Medicine and surgery

6 months

Interview with patients

Topics

40

Vinson

1990

USA

prospective

monocenter

Congestive heart failure

90 days

Interview with patient or family

NR

41

Wallace

2015

USA

retrospective

monocenter

Paediatrics

30 days

NA

NA

42

Wasfy

2014

USA

retrospective

multicenter

Patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

30 days

NA

NA

43

Weinberg

2016

USA

retrospective

monocenter

Total hip arthroplasty

30 or 90 days

NA

NA

44

Williams

1988

UK

cross-sectional

monocenter

Geriatrics/all departments

28 days

Interviews with patient/carer/hospital ward sister and GP

NR

45

Yam

2010

China

retrospective

multicenter

Medicine

30 days

NA

NA

  1. *= Including synonyms for causes such as (contributing) factors which were considered as a cause for readmissions