Journal article
“Risk” factors affecting readmission of the elderly into the health care system
Medical care, Vol.24(5), pp.429-437
05/1986
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-198605000-00006
PMID: 3702502
Abstract
One hundred one patients, 70 years and older, who were discharged to the community from an acute-care hospital were followed for 1 year to isolate risk factors affecting the probability of readmission. A total of five interviews were conducted with each patient. Postdischarge outcome at any point in time was defined as either readmission to a health care institution or continuous survival in the community. At 1 year, 47 individuals had experienced at least one unplanned readmission. Logistic regressions were used to study risk factors influencing the probability of readmission at 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year after release from the hospital. In the short run, sex, being widowed, a weighted severity-of-illness factor, and life satisfaction were significant; previous hospitalization and admission and discharge location were additional variables significant in the long run. An explanation is offered for why some risk factors useful in postadmission studies do not function as well as risk factors in postdischarge studies.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- “Risk” factors affecting readmission of the elderly into the health care system
- Creators
- Carol C. Fethke - University of IowaIan M. Smith - University of IowaNancilee Johnson - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Medical care, Vol.24(5), pp.429-437
- DOI
- 10.1097/00005650-198605000-00006
- PMID
- 3702502
- NLM abbreviation
- Med Care
- ISSN
- 0025-7079
- eISSN
- 1537-1948
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- N01AG002106 / National Institute on Aging (http://data.elsevier.com/vocabulary/SciValFunders/100000049)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/1986
- Academic Unit
- Marketing
- Record Identifier
- 9984962886702771
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