Identifying older adults at increased risk of medication-related readmission to hospital within 30 days of discharge: development and validation of a risk assessment tool.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Developing and validating a risk assessment tool aiming to identify older adults (≥65 years) at increased risk of possibly medication-related readmission to hospital within 30 days of discharge.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

The risk score was developed using data from a hospital in southern Sweden and validated using data from four hospitals in the mid-eastern part of Sweden.

Participants

The development cohort (n=720) was admitted to hospital during 2017, whereas the validation cohort (n=892) was admitted during 2017-2018.

Measures

The risk assessment tool aims to predict possibly medication-related readmission to hospital within 30 days of discharge. Variables known at first admission and individually associated with possibly me

SUBMITTER: Glans M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10401249 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature