Examination of Post-discharge Follow-up Appointment Status and 30-Day Readmission.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Post-hospital discharge follow-up appointments are intended to evaluate patients' recovery following a hospitalization, but it is unclear how appointment statuses are associated with readmissions.

Objective

To examine the association between post-discharge ambulatory follow-up status, (1) having a scheduled appointment and (2) arriving to said appointment, and 30-day readmission.

Design and setting

A retrospective cohort study of patients hospitalized at 12 hospitals in an Integrated Delivery Network and their ambulatory appointments in that same network.

Patients and main measures

We included 50,772 patients who had an ambulatory appointment within 18 months of an inpatient admission in 2018. Primary outcome was readmission within 30 days post-disch

SUBMITTER: Coppa K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8131454 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature