Evaluating the predictive strength of the LACE index in identifying patients at high risk of hospital readmission following an inpatient episode: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess how well the LACE index and its constituent elements predict 30-day hospital readmission, and to determine whether other combinations of clinical or sociodemographic variables may enhance prognostic capability.

Design

Retrospective cohort study with split sample design for model validation.

Setting

One large hospital Trust in the West Midlands.

Participants

All alive-discharge adult inpatient episodes between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2014.

Data sources

Anonymised data for each inpatient episode were obtained from the hospital information system. These included age at index admission, gender, ethnicity, admission/discharge date, length of stay, treatment specialty, admission type and source, discharge destination, comorbidities,

SUBMITTER: Damery S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5726103 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature