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Table 2 The 10 rare diseases on the Target Rare Diseases List 2017 with the highest rates of readmission (2014–2015)

From: Rare diseases in China: analysis of 2014–2015 hospitalization summary reports for 281 rare diseases from 96 tertiary hospitals

Name of disease

No. of readmission

No. of hospitalizations

Readmission ratea

PLCH

4968

7657

64.88%

Arginase deficiency

9

14

64.29%

BS

22

40

55.00%

Osteopetrosis

115

211

54.50%

XHIM

1

2

50.00%

XLA

44

109

40.37%

WAS

2

5

40.00%

HUS

205

532

38.53%

CD

111

301

36.88%

XP

19

54

35.19%

  1. BS Blau syndrome, CD Castleman disease, HUS hemolytic uremic syndrome, PLCH pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis, WAS Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome, XHIM X-linked hyper IgM syndrome, XLA X-linked agammaglobulinemia, XP xeroderma pigmentosum
  2. aProportion with rehospitalization in the same hospital