Racial and Ethnic Differences in 30-Day Hospital Readmissions Among US Adults With Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Differences in readmission rates among racial and ethnic minorities have been reported, but data among people with diabetes are lacking despite the high burden of diabetes and its complications in these populations.

Objectives

To examine racial/ethnic differences in all-cause readmission among US adults with diabetes and categorize patient- and system-level factors associated with these differences.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study includes 272 758 adult patients with diabetes, discharged alive from the hospital between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2014, and stratified by race/ethnicity. An administrative claims data set of commercially insured and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries across the United States was used. Data

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Gutierrez R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6804020 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature