Effect of Discharge Readiness on 30-Day Readmissions Among Older Adults Living With Multiple Chronic Conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite decreases in readmissions among Medicare beneficiaries after the implementation of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, older adults living with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) continue to experience higher readmission rates. Few strategies leverage nursing to identify patients at risk for readmission.

Objectives

Examine the effect of nurse assessments of discharge readiness on 30-day readmissions.

Research design

Cross-sectional study linking 3 secondary data sources (ie, nurse survey, hospital survey, and Medicare claims data) representing 424 hospitals.

Subjects

A total of 188,806 Medicare surgical patients with MCCs.

Measures

Discharge readiness was derived from the 2016 RN4CAST-US survey. Medicare claims data was used t

SUBMITTER: Pogue CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10922299 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature