What are Howard County General Hospital Colorectal Surgery Patients Being readmitted for?

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Dexur analyzed Oct 2016 to Aug 2019 Medicare claims data and determined of the 216 Colorectal surgeries at Howard County General Hospital, 18 were readmitted which was a readmission rate of 8.33%.

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What are Patients Readmitted for?	Total Readmissions - Oct 2016 to Aug 2019	Share of Readmissions (%)	Avg. LOS when Readmitted
All	18	100	9.0

Top Doctors for Colorectal Surgeries at Howard County General Hospital

Physician Name	Total Medicare surgeries (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
JAMES J ZALUCKI	78
JAMES EARL HARRIS	30
HADLEY KATHARINE WESSON	23

Where are patients getting readmitted after Colorectal surgeries at Howard County General Hospital?

Total Readmissions of Howard County General Hospital = 18 (Oct 2016 to Aug 2019)

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Hospital	Share of Readmission (%)	Total Readmissions - Oct 2016 to Aug 2019
National	68.76 (Share of Readmissions back to same hospital)	64,784
Maryland	68.33 (Share of Readmissions back to same hospital)	1,266
Howard County General Hospital share of readmissions from Howard County General Hospital