Importance Patients undergoing total laryngectomy are at high risk for hospital readmission.
Hospital readmissions are increasingly scrutinized because they are used as a metric of
quality care and are subject to financial penalties. Objective To determine the rate of,
reasons for, and risk factors that predict 30-day unplanned readmission for patients
undergoing total laryngectomy. Design, Setting, and Patients Retrospective cohort study at a
single academic tertiary referral medical center. The study population comprised 155 …