Role of Post-Acute Care in Readmissions for Preexisting Healthcare-Associated Infections.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Although preventable, healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are commonly observed in post-acute care settings for at-risk older adults and are a leading cause of hospital readmissions. However, whether HAIs resulting in avoidable readmissions for preexisting HAIs (the same HAI as at the index admission) are more common for patients discharged to post-acute care as opposed to home is unknown. We examined the risk of preexisting HAI readmissions according to patient discharge disposition and comorbidity level.

Design

We used 2013-2014 national hospital discharge data to estimate the likelihood of readmissions for preexisting HAIs according to patients' discharge disposition and whether the likelihood varies according to patient comorbidity level, across four commo

SUBMITTER: Hoffman GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9045555 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature