Fig. 2From: Roles of disease severity and post-discharge outpatient visits as predictors of hospital readmissionsa Association between hospital readmission rates and first outpatient visits. No significant readmission changes noted among patients who had their initial ED/UCC visits at different time intervals from the index discharge. Readmission rates decreased with delayed interval to initial clinic visits. b/c Association between readmission and two types of outpatient clinics with their hazard ratiosBack to article page