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Figure 35. Discharge Status of Neonates*
Figure 35. Discharge Status of Neonates* (Text Description)
Percent of Neonatal Discharges
| Discharge Status |
Newborns without a Complicating Diagnosis |
Newborns with a Complicating Diagnosis |
Readmitted Neonates** |
| Died |
0.0% |
1.3% |
2.4% |
| Home Health |
2.2% |
5.0% |
4.1% |
| Other Hospital |
0.0% |
5.6% |
6.0% |
| Routine discharge to Home |
97.7% |
87.3% |
86.0% |
* A small number of cases were discharged to a long-term care facility, against medical advice or were missing discharge information.
** Readmitted neonates are babies 30 days or younger without a diagnosis for being born during that hospital stay, thus are likely to have been readmitted to the hospital.
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