Association of Fragmented Readmissions and Electronic Information Sharing With Discharge Destination Among Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

When an older adult is hospitalized, where they are discharged is of utmost importance. Fragmented readmissions, defined as readmissions to a different hospital than a patient was previously discharged from, may increase the risk of a nonhome discharge for older adults. However, this risk may be mitigated via electronic information exchange between the admission and readmission hospitals.

Objective

To determine the association of fragmented hospital readmissions and electronic information sharing with discharge destination among Medicare beneficiaries.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study retrospectively examined data from Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmon

SUBMITTER: Turbow SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10189568 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature