Age- and Diagnosis-Based Trends for Unplanned Pediatric Rehospitalizations in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Hospital readmission rate helps to highlight the effectiveness of post-discharge care. There remains a paucity of plausible age-based categorization especially for ages below one year for hospital readmission rates.

Methods

Data from the 2017 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Readmissions Database was analyzed for ages 0-18 years. Logistic regression analysis was performed to identify predictors for unplanned early readmissions.  Results: We identified 5,529,389 inpatient pediatric encounters which were further divided into age group cohorts. The overall rate of readmissions was identified at 3.2%. Beyond infancy, the readmission rate was found to be 6.7%. Across all age groups, the major predictors of unplanned readmission were cance

SUBMITTER: Amritphale N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8726510 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature