Association between clinic physician workforce and avoidable readmission: a retrospective database research.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:To reduce hospitalization costs, it is necessary to prevent avoidable hospitalization as well as avoidable readmission. This study aimed to examine the relationship between clinic physician workforce and unplanned readmission for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs). METHODS:The present study was a retrospective database research using nationwide administrative claims database of acute care hospitals in Japan. We identified patients aged ≥65 years who were admitted with ACSCs from home and discharged to home between April 2014 and December 2014 (n = 127,209). The primary outcome was unplanned readmission for ACSCs within 30 or 90 days of hospital discharge. A hierarchical logistic regression model was developed with patients at the first level and regions (secondary medi

SUBMITTER: Hirota Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7029440 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature