Age trends in 30 day hospital readmissions: US national retrospective analysis
Population
31,729,762 index hospital admissions for all conditions in 2013 from the US Agency for Healthcare Research…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30 days
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Discussion
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Implication
Readmission risk appears elevated in young adults with multimorbidity; leaves open mechanisms for the abrupt drop at age 65.
Structured PICO
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Population
31,729,762 index hospital admissions for all conditions in 2013 from the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Nationwide Readmissions Database
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Comparator
Age 45 years as reference group
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Outcome
30 day, all cause, unplanned hospital readmissionshard clinical
Hospital readmission risk is elevated for young adults and those with multiple chronic conditions or mental health disorders, with an abrupt decrease at age 65.
Cite This Study
Berry et al. (2018) studied this question.