Hospital length of stay and 30-day readmissions in older people: their association in a 20-year cohort study in Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are conflicting data on whether hospital length of stay (LOS) reduction affects readmission rates in older adults. We explored 20-year trends of hospital LOS and 30-day rehospitalizations in a cohort of Italian older people, and investigated their association.

Methods

Participants in the Pro.V.A. project (n = 3099) were followed-up from 1996 to 2018. LOS and 30-day rehospitalizations, i.e. new hospitalizations within 30 days from a previous discharge, were obtained from personal interviews and regional registers. Rehospitalizations in the 6 months before death were also assessed. Linear regressions evaluated the associations between LOS and the frequency of 30-day rehospitalizations, adjusting for the mean age of the cohort within each year.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Trevisan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10029164 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature