What are Athens Limestone Hospital Hip & Knee Replacement Surgery Patients Being readmitted for?

What are Athens Limestone Hospital 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 361 Hip & Knee Replacement surgeries at Athens Limestone Hospital, 27 were readmitted which was a readmission rate of 7.48%.

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What are Patients Readmitted for?	Total Readmissions - Oct 2016 to Aug 2019	Share of Readmissions (%)	Avg. LOS when Readmitted
All	27	100	6.67

Top Doctors for Hip & Knee Replacement Surgeries at Athens Limestone Hospital

Physician Name	Total Medicare surgeries (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
JOSEPH PATRICK BOYETT	195
WILLIAM DAVID LAWRENCE	99
JAMES ERIC STANFORD	54

Where are patients getting readmitted after Hip & Knee Replacement surgeries at Athens Limestone Hospital?

Total Readmissions of Athens Limestone Hospital = 27 (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
Alabama	41.82 (Share of Readmissions back to same hospital)	2,860
Athens Limestone Hospital share of readmissions from Athens Limestone Hospital