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Pareto — 30-Day Hospital Readmissions

Readmission causes for an 829-admission quarter against the previous one, computing that 5 of 11 causes carry 83.2% of returns and naming medication non-adherence as the cause that entered the vital few while diabetes left it.

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30-day readmissions by primary cause — Q3 2027Q3 2027 vs Q2 2027 · 11 categories · total 829 readmissions · threshold 80%Q3 2027Q2 2027Cumulative %Cumulative % (Q2 2027)0501001502002500%20%40%60%80%100%80% threshold2482191711581265884776114744121332924221719212529.9%50.5%65.7%75.9%83.2%88.5%92.5%95.4%97.5%100%vital few · 5Heart failureCOPD exacerbationMedication non-adherencePneumoniaSurgical site infectionUncontrolled diabetesSepsisFalls at homeDehydrationOther5 of 11 categories (45%) account for 83.2% of 829 readmissions.Vital few at 80%: Heart failure, COPD exacerbation, Medication non-adherence, Pneumonia, Surgical site infection — 690 of 829 readmissions.Those categories covered 75.3% of the Q2 2027 total (875 readmissions), against 83.2% of Q3 2027.Movement vs Q2 2027: entered — Medication non-adherence; left — Uncontrolled diabetes.Other folds 2 categories under 2% of total (21 readmissions, 2.5%).Adult inpatient discharges only; obstetrics and paediatrics excluded

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title "30-day readmissions by primary cause — Q3 2027"
unit readmissions
period "Q3 2027"
compare "Q2 2027"
threshold 80%
other-below 2%
note "Adult inpatient discharges only; obstetrics and paediatrics excluded"

# cause                       Q3 2027   Q2 2027
"Heart failure"                   248       219
"COPD exacerbation"               171       158
"Medication non-adherence"        126        58
"Pneumonia"                        84        77
"Surgical site infection"          61       147
"Uncontrolled diabetes"            44       121
"Sepsis"                           33        29
"Falls at home"                    24        22
"Dehydration"                      17        19
"Wound dehiscence"                 12        14
"Urinary tract infection"           9        11