Risk Factors for Return to the Emergency Department and Readmission in Patients With Hospital-Diagnosed Advanced Lung Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advanced lung cancer (ALC) is a symptomatic disease often diagnosed in the context of hospitalization. The index hospitalization may be a window of opportunity to improve care delivery.

Objectives

We examined the patterns of care and risk factors for subsequent acute care utilization among patients with hospital-diagnosed ALC.

Research design, subjects, and measures

In Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare, we identified patients with incident ALC (stage IIIB-IV small cell or non-small cell) from 2007 to 2013 and an index hospitalization within 7 days of diagnosis. We used a time-to-event model with multivariable regression to identify risk factors for 30-day acute care utilization (emergency department use or readmission).

Results

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SUBMITTER: Ray EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10009762 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature