Dataset Information

International Validity of the HOSPITAL Score to Predict 30-Day Potentially Avoidable Hospital Readmissions.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Identification of patients at a high risk of potentially avoidable readmission allows hospitals to efficiently direct additional care transitions services to the patients most likely to benefit.

Objective

To externally validate the HOSPITAL score in an international multicenter study to assess its generalizability.

Design, setting, and participants

International retrospective cohort study of 117 065 adult patients consecutively discharged alive from the medical department of 9 large hospitals across 4 different countries between January 2011 and December 2011. Patients transferred to another acute care facility were excluded.