Hospital Readmissions and Repeat ED Visits ‘as Measures and Outcome Measures Many of the studies reviewed examined either character- istics describing populations with high numbers of hospital readmissions or ED visits, or readmission and ED Visit patterns within particular populations. Health care providers could benefit from knowledge of consistently identified characteristics associated with increased hospital readmis- sions and ED Visits. A gap was identified in that few studies examined the child’s, parent/primary caregiVer’s, or health care provider’s perceptions of hospital readmissions and repeat ED visits. Additional studies addressing this gap are needed to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the problem by incorporating individual perceptions of the readmission and repeat ED visit experience.