What are Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Heart Failure Patients Being readmitted for?

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Dexur analyzed Oct 2016 to Aug 2019 Medicare claims data and determined of the 943 Heart Failure hospitalizations at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, 297 were readmitted which was a readmission rate of 31.5%.

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What are Patients Readmitted for?	Total Readmissions - Oct 2016 to Aug 2019	Share of Readmissions (%)	Avg. LOS when Readmitted
All	297	100	8.53
Heart Failure And Shock

Top Doctors for Heart Failure at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital

Physician Name	Total Medicare hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
LOUIS JOHN OBOYLE	145
CHARLES M MANGANIELLO	65
KHUSHBU DUSHYANT DESAI	54

Where are patients getting readmitted after Heart Failure hospitalizations at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital?

Total Readmissions of Wilkes-Barre General Hospital = 297 (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)	391,790
Pennsylvania	67.85 (Share of Readmissions back to same hospital)	17,369
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital share of readmissions from Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
Heinz Rehab Hospital share of readmissions from Wilkes-Barre General Hospital

Heart Failure Readmissions in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Total Readmissions of Wilkes-Barre General Hospital in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania = 278 (Oct 2016 to Aug 2019)

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Hospital	Share of Readmission (%)	Total Readmissions - Oct 2016 to Aug 2019
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital share of readmissions from Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
Heinz Rehab Hospital share of readmissions from Wilkes-Barre General Hospital