30-day hospital readmission following otolaryngology surgery: Analysis of a state inpatient database.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives/hypothesis

Determine patient and hospital-level risk factors associated with 30-day readmission for patients undergoing inpatient otolaryngologic surgery.

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Methods

We analyzed the State Inpatient Database (SID) from California for patients who underwent otolaryngologic surgery between 2008 and 2010. Readmission rates, readmission diagnoses, and patient- and hospital-level risk factors for 30-day readmission were determined. Hierarchical logistic regression modeling was performed to identify procedure-, patient-, and hospital-level risk factors for 30-day readmission.

Results

The 30-day readmission rate following an inpatient otolaryngology procedure was 8.1%. The most common readmission diagnoses were nutrition

SUBMITTER: Graboyes EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5490655 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature