Predicting 30-Day Hospital Readmission Risk in a National Cohort of Patients with Cirrhosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early hospital readmission for patients with cirrhosis continues to challenge the healthcare system. Risk stratification may help tailor resources, but existing models were designed using small, single-institution cohorts or had modest performance.

Aims

We leveraged a large clinical database from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to design a readmission risk model for patients hospitalized with cirrhosis. Additionally, we analyzed potentially modifiable or unexplored readmission risk factors.

Methods

A national VA retrospective cohort of patients with a history of cirrhosis hospitalized for any reason from January 1, 2006, to November 30, 2013, was developed from 123 centers. Using 174 candidate variables within demographics, laboratory results, vital

SUBMITTER: Koola JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7073276 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature