Date:         Mon, 4 Sep 2006 08:50:12 -0700
Reply-To:     Jon Freitag <jonfreitag@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Jon Freitag <jonfreitag@COMCAST.NET>
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Subject:      Re: To identify Re-admission within 30 days
Comments: To: sas-l@uga.edu
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Rashida,
Are you interested in the readmissions within 30 days of the first
discharge date or readmissions within 30 days of the latest discharge
date?  And, do all readmitting diagnoses qualify as a readmission or
only certain readmitting diagnoses?

Jon Freitag


Rashida Patwa wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am trying to identify if a member is re-admitted to the hospital after
> the 1st admission within 30 days.  I have identified all members who have
> multiple admissions.  From these group of members, I need to select members
> who had re-admission within 30 days from the 1st admission discharge date.
> I have a large dataset with 3.5 million records and am not sure how to
> apply SAS logic to get the accurate readmitted member.
>
> Here is the sample of one of the member data:
> Member      Admit Date  Discharge Date          Readmission
> 123000            20041122    20041125                1st admit
> 123000            20041127    20041130                1 <----- re-admission
> within 30 days from the last discharge
> 123000            20050204    20050206                0  <---- greater than
> 30 days from the last discharge
> 123000            20050307    20050309                0
>
> I want to create the readmission colum of '1' or '0'.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
> Thanks.
>
> Rashida Patwa
> Project Manager
> Medical Infomatics
> Metrotech 15, 5th Fl
> Brooklyn, NY
> 718-312-5082
>
>
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