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The association between early outpatient follow-up and 30-day readmission has not been evaluated in any surgical population. Our study characterizes the relationship between outpatient follow-up and early readmissions among surgical patients.We queried the medical record at a large, tertiary care institution (July 2008–December 2012) to determine rates of 30-day outpatient follow-up and readmission...