Causes and Risk Factors of Repeated Hospitalization among Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To identify the causes and risk factors of repeated hospitalization among patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR).

Methods

Our study retrospectively examined the data of DR patients who were readmitted for treatments to the Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital between January 2012 and July 2021. We first analyzed the main causes of repeated admissions and then divided the patients into three groups according to the times of readmissions. Ordinal logistic regression was performed to determine the impact of patients' demographic and clinical characteristics. Moreover, comparisons of the length of stay and the hospitalization cost of DR patients with repeated admission causes were conducted.

Results

Among 2592 hospital discharges of

SUBMITTER: Xiao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9167072 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature