What are Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest Cardiac Valve & Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients Being readmitted for?

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Dexur analyzed Oct 2016 to Aug 2019 Medicare claims data and determined of the 385 Cardiac Valve & Cardiothoracic surgeries at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest, 115 were readmitted which was a readmission rate of 29.87%.

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What are Patients Readmitted for?	Total Readmissions - Oct 2016 to Aug 2019	Share of Readmissions (%)	Avg. LOS when Readmitted
All	115	100	8.47
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Top Doctors for Cardiac Valve & Cardiothoracic Surgeries at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest

Physician Name	Total Medicare surgeries (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
RAYMOND L SINGER	115
JAMES K WU	107
TIMOTHY SCOTT MISSELBECK	92

Where are patients getting readmitted after Cardiac Valve & Cardiothoracic surgeries at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest?

Total Readmissions of Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest = 115 (Oct 2016 to Aug 2019)

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Hospital	Share of Readmission (%)	Total Readmissions - Oct 2016 to Aug 2019
National	48.25 (Share of Readmissions back to same hospital)	31,474
Pennsylvania	45.18 (Share of Readmissions back to same hospital)	1,547
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest share of readmissions from Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest

Cardiac Valve & Cardiothoracic Readmissions in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Total Readmissions of Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania = 34 (Oct 2016 to Aug 2019)

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Hospital	Share of Readmission (%)	Total Readmissions - Oct 2016 to Aug 2019
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest share of readmissions from Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest