Hospital Readmissions among Commercially Insured and Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries with Diabetes and the Impact of Severe Hypoglycemic and Hyperglycemic Events.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital readmission is common among patients with diabetes. Some readmissions, particularly for hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, may be avoidable with better care transitions and post-discharge management.

Objective

To ascertain the most common reasons and risk factors for readmission among adults with diabetes, with specific consideration of severe dysglycemia.

Design

Retrospective analysis of data from the OptumLabs Data Warehouse, an administrative data set of commercially insured and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries across the U.S.

Participants

Adults ≥18 years of age with diabetes, discharged from a hospital between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2014 (N = 342,186).

Main measures

Principal diagnoses and risk factors for 30-day unplanne

SUBMITTER: McCoy RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5602759 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature