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Does functional assessment during acute hospitalization identify patients at high risk for readmission?
Does functional assessment during acute hospitalization identify patients at high risk for readmission?
Assessing functional status both early during hospitalization and at discharge improves the identification of patients at high risk for readmission.
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May enhance readmission risk stratification during hospitalization; leaves open whether targeted interventions improve outcomes.
The study highlights the ability to identify patients at high risk for readmission already early in the index hospitalization using data on functioning, nutrition, chronic morbidity, and prior hospitalizations. Nonetheless, at-discharge functional assessment can detect additional patients whose readmission risk changes during the index hospitalization. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2016;11:636-641.
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