[ANSWER]NUR356 Assessment 2 Part A – Reducing Unplanned Hospital Readmission Rates in Tasmania: A Quality Improvement Initiative

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Quality Improvement Initiative:] Reducing unplanned hospital readmissions is an important quality improvement area for Tasmania as the state lags behind many other states in Australia on this outcome. For example, in 2016-17, the incidence of unplanned hospital readmission with 28 days for knee replacement patients was 44.9 per 1,000 separations, compared to 19.4 and 20.5 for Victoria and New South Wales, respectively (Goddard 2018). Besides worsening patient morbidity, hospital readmission is associated with a significant risk for mortality.

Unplanned hospital readmissions are a vital area of practice change in Tasmania because of not only the relatively high incidence of the problem, but also the associated cost implications for patients and the state’s health system (Independent Hospital Pricing Authority 2021). Estimates indicate that unplanned hospital readmissions cost Australia approximately A$1.5 billion annually (Considine et al. 2019). Tasmania accounts for a significant portion of this figure given its comparatively high incidence of unplanned hospital…[Buy Full Answer for Just USD 9: 1498 WORDS] [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK556097/]

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