Diverging pathways: exploring the interplay between hospital readmission and postdischarge mortality in paediatric sepsis in low-income settings
Readmission as an outcome measure reflects perceived illness severity, health system capacity and complex healthcare-seeking behaviour. Unlike mortality, readmission is not a reliable surrogate for recurrent illness and should not be used as a primary measure of impact for programmes aiming to improve postdischarge outcomes.
Authors
- Abner Tagoola
- J. Mark Ansermino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8427-2035)
- Nathan Kenya‐Mugisha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2100-1833)
- Matthew O. Wiens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3287-5181)
- Jerome Kabakyenga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1912-1032)
- Cherri Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7059-4922)
- Stephen Businge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7094-1178)
- Elias Kumbakumba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7206-0609)
- Niranjan Kissoon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7853-4075)
- Vuong Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9070-9803)
Institutions
- Mbarara University of Science and Technology (UG)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Jinja Hospital (UG)
- Holy Innocents Children's Hospital (UG)
- BC Children's Hospital (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Global Health
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2025-020128
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.49