What are Tulane Medical Center 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 206 Hip & Knee Replacement surgeries at Tulane Medical Center, 50 were readmitted which was a readmission rate of 24.27%.

This data is unique since the hospitals themselves don’t have this information (e.g. if you are admitted at Tulane Medical Center and readmitted at Pam Specialty Hospital Of Covington , St. Tammany Parish Hospital , Ochsner Medical Center , University Medical Center New Orleans & Touro Infirmary , Tulane Medical Center won’t have that information).
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What are Patients Readmitted for?	Total Readmissions - Oct 2016 to Aug 2019	Share of Readmissions (%)	Avg. LOS when Readmitted
All	50	100	10.34
Aftercare, Musculoskeletal System And Connective Tissue

Top Doctors for Hip & Knee Replacement Surgeries at Tulane Medical Center

Physician Name	Total Medicare surgeries (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
FERNANDO LEON SANCHEZ	72
LANCE J WEHRLY	44
CHARLES R BILLINGS	29

Where are patients getting readmitted after Hip & Knee Replacement surgeries at Tulane Medical Center?

Total Readmissions of Tulane Medical Center = 50 (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
Tulane Medical Center share of readmissions from Tulane Medical Center