TABLE 5

Hospital Rehospitalizations, LOS, and Related Charges for Patients Discharged With a PDN Care Plan

	Index Hospitalization	0–7 d	8–30 d	31–120 d	121–365 d	Full 2-y Follow-up	Total (Index + 2 y)
Rehospitalizations
Total count	—	20	46	113	282	757	—
Unplanned	—	17	43	97	235	639	—
Planned	—	3	3	16	47	118	—
LOS, d
Total	2825	147	489	1263	2210	6489	9314
Unplanned	2354	135	452	1160	2057	6031	8385
Planned	471	12	37	103	153	458	929
Hospital charges, $^a
Total amount	42 793 580	1 649 537	5 899 073	16 352 221	33 248 444	89 774 221	132 567 801
Unplanned	34 482 702	1 649 537	5 409 085	15 003 870	30 863 946	82 345 953	116 828 655
Planned	8 310 878	0	489 988	1 348 351	2 384 498	7 428 268	15 739 146

Rehospitalizations within each time window are shown as well as for the full 2-year follow-up. Patients could have been readmitted more than once in a given window. Day 0 is the first day after discharge from the index hospitalization. Charges were not available for all hospital admissions. —, not applicable.
↵a Hospital charges included direct care items for the patient (such as supplies and drugs), salaries and benefits of care providers on the hospital payroll (eg, nursing), medical administration and professional physician fees, depreciation of equipment, and spaced used for direct patient care.