What are WellStar North Fulton Hospital Spine Surgery Patients Being readmitted for?

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Dexur analyzed Oct 2016 to Aug 2019 Medicare claims data and determined of the 144 Spine surgeries at WellStar North Fulton Hospital, 29 were readmitted which was a readmission rate of 20.14%.

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What are Patients Readmitted for?	Total Readmissions - Oct 2016 to Aug 2019	Share of Readmissions (%)	Avg. LOS when Readmitted
All	29	100	11.86

Top Doctors for Spine Surgeries at WellStar North Fulton Hospital

Physician Name	Total Medicare surgeries (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
CHARLES EDWARD WEAVER	44
THOMAS BELKNAP	33
HERSCHEL I BEKER	31

Where are patients getting readmitted after Spine surgeries at WellStar North Fulton Hospital?

Total Readmissions of WellStar North Fulton Hospital = 29 (Oct 2016 to Aug 2019)

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Hospital	Share of Readmission (%)	Total Readmissions - Oct 2016 to Aug 2019
National	41.98 (Share of Readmissions back to same hospital)	103,065
Georgia	49.29 (Share of Readmissions back to same hospital)	2,613
WellStar North Fulton Hospital share of readmissions from WellStar North Fulton Hospital