Association of discharge home with home health care and 30-day readmission after pancreatectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We sought to determine if discharge home with home health care (HHC) is an independent predictor of increased readmission after pancreatectomy.

Study design

We examined 30-day readmissions in patients undergoing pancreatectomy using the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient Database for California from 2009 to 2011. Readmissions were categorized as severe or nonsevere using the Modified Accordion Severity Grading System. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to examine the association of discharge home with HHC and 30-day readmission using discharge home without HHC as the reference group. Propensity score matching was used as an additional analysis to compare the rate of 30-day readmission between patients discharged home with HHC w

SUBMITTER: Sanford DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4254460 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature