What are Touro Infirmary Hip & Knee Replacement Surgery Patients Being readmitted for?

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Dexur analyzed Oct 2016 to Aug 2019 Medicare claims data and determined of the 404 Hip & Knee Replacement surgeries at Touro Infirmary, 21 were readmitted which was a readmission rate of 5.2%.

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What are Patients Readmitted for?	Total Readmissions - Oct 2016 to Aug 2019	Share of Readmissions (%)	Avg. LOS when Readmitted
All	21	100	10.57

Top Doctors for Hip & Knee Replacement Surgeries at Touro Infirmary

Physician Name	Total Medicare surgeries (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
RICHARD L MEYER	179
LANCE STUART ESTRADA	167
KEVIN WATSON	58

Where are patients getting readmitted after Hip & Knee Replacement surgeries at Touro Infirmary?

Total Readmissions of Touro Infirmary = 21 (Oct 2016 to Aug 2019)

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Hospital	Share of Readmission (%)	Total Readmissions - Oct 2016 to Aug 2019
National	50.84 (Share of Readmissions back to same hospital)	141,345
Louisiana	38.56 (Share of Readmissions back to same hospital)	3,501
Touro Infirmary share of readmissions from Touro Infirmary