Table 3 Readmissions within 28Â days of discharge following RP in public hospitals by provider volume
From: Factors predicting hospital length-of-stay after radical prostatectomy: a population-based study
|  | All |      Hospital volume1 |      Surgeon volume2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Volume | N (%) | Lower | Higher | Lower | Higher |
Number of RPs | 1535 | 781 | 754 | 785 | 750 |
Number of readmissions* | 854 | 344 | 510 | 373 | 481 |
(% of all RPs) | 55.6% | 22.4% | 33.2% | 24.3% | 31.3% |
Readmission type | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Elective - day cases | 304 | 228 | 76 | 203 | 101 |
(% of all readmissions) | 35.6% | 26.7% | 8.9% | 23.8% | 11.8% |
Elective - overnight | 503 | 99 | 404 | 145 | 358 |
(% of all readmissions) | 58.9% | 11.6% | 53.6% | 17.0% | 41.9% |
Emergency | 47 | 17 | 30 | 25 | 22 |
(% of all readmissions) | 5.5% | 2.0% | 3.5% | 2.9% | 2.6% |