Risk of 30-day hospital readmission associated with medical conditions and drug regimens of polymedicated, older inpatients discharged home: a registry-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The present study analysed 4 years of a hospital register (2015-2018) to determine the risk of 30-day hospital readmission associated with the medical conditions and drug regimens of polymedicated, older inpatients discharged home.

Design

Registry-based cohort study.

Setting

Valais Hospital-a public general hospital centre in the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

Participants

We explored the electronic records of 20 422 inpatient stays by polymedicated, home-dwelling older adults held in the hospital's patient register. We identified 13 802 hospital readmissions involving 8878 separate patients over 64 years old.

Outcome measures

Sociodemographic characteristics, medical conditions and drug regimen data associated with risk of readmission w

SUBMITTER: Pereira F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8281082 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature