Predischarge and Postdischarge Risk Factors for Hospital Readmission Among Patients With Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge (30-d readmission) is an undesirable outcome. Readmission of patients with diabetes is common and costly. Most of the studies that have examined readmission risk factors among diabetes patients did not include potentially important clinical data.

Objectives

To provide a more comprehensive understanding of 30-day readmission risk factors among patients with diabetes based on predischarge and postdischarge data.

Research design

In this retrospective cohort study, 48 variables were evaluated for association with readmission by multivariable logistic regression.

Subjects

In total, 17,284 adult diabetes patients with 44,203 hospital discharges from an urban academic medical center between January 1, 2004 an

SUBMITTER: Karunakaran A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6082658 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature