Ambulance use and subsequent fragmented hospital readmission among older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interhospital care fragmentation, when a patient is readmitted to a different hospital than they were originally discharged from, occurs in 20%-25% of readmissions. Mode of transport to the hospital, specifically ambulance use, may be a risk factor for fragmented readmissions. Our study seeks to further understand the relationship between ambulance transport and fragmented readmissions in older adults, a population that is at increased risk for poor outcomes following fragmented readmissions.

Methods

We analyzed inpatient claims from Medicare beneficiaries in 2018 who had a hospital admission for select Hospital Readmission Reduction Program Conditions (acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia) as well

SUBMITTER: Turbow SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10175179 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature