Patient reported experiences and readmissions for people with diabetes-related foot disease admitted to public hospitals, New South Wales, Australia, 2019-2022.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patient reported measures of hospital care are known predictors of readmission, even after accounting for risk related to age and comorbidities. This study aimed to determine the association between patient experience of diabetes-related foot disease (DFD) hospital care and unplanned hospital readmission, with a primary focus on DFD-related readmissions and a secondary focus on all-cause readmissions.

Methods

A retrospective longitudinal cohort study was conducted by linking NSW Adult Admitted Patient Survey data with administrative hospital data for persons hospitalised with DFD identified through diagnostic and/or procedure codes. Univariable and multivariable shared-frailty Cox regression models were used to examine the association between key aspects of patient

SUBMITTER: Burnett ACR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11620797 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature