Readmission Rates in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis: A Nationwide Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory central nervous system demyelinating disorder resulting in neurologic decline. Patients predominantly have a relapsing and remitting disease course requiring multiple hospitalizations and, occasionally, rehospitalizations. Hospitalization readmission rates are important metrics that have direct financial implications for hospitals and serve as an indicator of disease burden on patients and society. We sought to analyze hospital readmissions of patients with MS and identify the subsequent predictive characteristics/comorbidities for readmission.

Methods

All hospital admissions due to MS were queried using the 2017 Nationwide Readmissions Database. All patients with nonelective rehospitalization within 30 days of discharge

SUBMITTER: Padarti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9461718 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature