What are Penn Presbyterian Medical Center 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 301 Cardiac Valve & Cardiothoracic surgeries at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, 79 were readmitted which was a readmission rate of 26.25%.

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What are Patients Readmitted for?	Total Readmissions - Oct 2016 to Aug 2019	Share of Readmissions (%)	Avg. LOS when Readmitted
All	79	100	7.48

Top Doctors for Cardiac Valve & Cardiothoracic Surgeries at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Physician Name	Total Medicare surgeries (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
WILSON Y SZETO	167
WALTER CLARK HARGROVE	79
MATTHEW LANIER WILLIAMS	52

Where are patients getting readmitted after Cardiac Valve & Cardiothoracic surgeries at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center?

Total Readmissions of Penn Presbyterian Medical Center = 79 (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
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center share of readmissions from Penn Presbyterian Medical Center