Classifying general medicine readmissions. Are they preventable?
Using a new method of determining the preventability of hospitalizations, we identified several factors that might avert hospitalizations. Focusing efforts to identify preventable hospitalizations may yield better methods for managing patients' total health care needs; however, the content of those efforts will vary by institution.
Resident physicians asked moderately well-formulated clinical questions, but question formulation did not improve as they progressed in clinical training. Further training in formulating clinical questions may be helpful.