Assessing the importance of predictors in unplanned hospital readmissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The all-cause readmission rate within 30 days of index admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was approximately 21% in the United States in 2008. This study aimed to examine patient and clinical characteristics predicting 30-day unplanned readmissions for an initial COPD hospitalization and to determine those predictors' importance.

Patients and methods

A retrospective study was conducted in patients with COPD-related hospitalizations using commercial claims data from 2010 to 2012. The primary outcome was all-cause unplanned readmission, with secondary outcomes being COPD as primary diagnosis and COPD as any diagnosis unplanned readmissions. Factors predicting unplanned readmissions encompassed demographic, pharmacy, and medical variables identif

SUBMITTER: Yu TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4293216 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature