Gender as risk factor for 30 days post-discharge hospital utilisation: a secondary data analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In the 30 days after hospital discharge, hospital utilisation is common and costly. This study evaluated the association between gender and hospital utilisation within 30 days of discharge.

Design

Secondary data analysis using Poisson regression stratified by gender.

Participants

737 English-speaking hospitalised adults from general medical service in urban, academic safety-net medical centre who participated in the Project Re-Engineered clinical trial (clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT00252057).

Main outcome measure

The primary end point was hospital utilisation, defined as total emergency department visits and hospital readmissions within 30 days after index discharge.

Results

Female subjects had a rate of 29 events for every 100 people and

SUBMITTER: Woz S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3332240 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature