What question did this study set out to answer?

This research examines how environmental and socioeconomic factors affect the likelihood of early hospital readmissions among community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries.

August 1, 2008The GerontologistOpen Access

Postdischarge Environmental and Socioeconomic Factors and the Likelihood of Early Hospital Readmission Among Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries

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Why the study?

Are postdischarge environmental and socioeconomic factors associated with early hospital readmission in community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries?

Population

Community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries

Design

Cohort

Authors

AAAlicia I. ArbajeJohns Hopkins University JWJennifer L. WolffJohns Hopkins University QYQilu YuGeneral Hospital of Central Theater Command

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Implication

May inform targeted discharge planning in Medicare patients; hypothesis-generating pending prospective trials.

Key Points

This research examines how environmental and socioeconomic factors affect the likelihood of early hospital readmissions among community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries.
Analysis of postdischarge environmental and socioeconomic factors
Assessment of early readmission rates among Medicare beneficiaries
Evaluation of targeted interventions like home health services and discharge planning
PDE and SES factors significantly correlate with higher rates of early readmission
Interventions showed a potential to reduce early readmission rates
Enhanced discharge planning and patient activation suggested as effective preventive strategies

Structured PICO

Are postdischarge environmental and socioeconomic factors associated with early hospital readmission in community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries?

Population

Community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries

Intervention

Postdischarge environmental (PDE) and socioeconomic (SES) factors

Outcome

Early hospital readmissionhard clinical

Postdischarge environmental and socioeconomic factors are associated with early hospital readmission, suggesting that targeted discharge planning and home health services may help avert these events.

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Arbaje et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d56b2b75589c71d767c8ff https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/48.4.495

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Postdischarge Environmental and Socioeconomic Factors and the Likelihood of Early Hospital Readmission Among Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries

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Postdischarge Environmental and Socioeconomic Factors and the Likelihood of Early Hospital Readmission Among Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries

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Key Points

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