Key result
Academic hospital status was associated with higher all-cause (OR 1.24) and infection-related (OR 1.15) 30-day readmission rates, with infections accounting for 28% of all readmissions.
Why the study?
Does hospital population case-mix, including poverty, affect all-cause and infection-related 30-day readmission rates?
Population
Patients discharged from 323 California acute care hospitals between 2009 and 2011, accounting for…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30-day
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Infection-related readmissions comprise ~28% of total; observational data leave open whether targeting hospital case-mix or poverty reduces rates.
Cohort
Yes
Does hospital population case-mix, including poverty, affect all-cause and infection-related 30-day readmission rates?
Odds Ratio: 1.24
Infection-related readmissions account for nearly 30% of all-cause readmissions and are strongly associated with hospital case-mix factors including poverty, comorbidities, and discharge to skilled nursing facilities.
Gohil et al. (2015) conducted a cohort in Hospital readmissions. Academic hospital status and high-risk population case-mix vs. Non-academic hospitals and lower-risk populations was evaluated on All-cause and infection-related 30-day readmissions (OR 1.24). Academic hospital status was associated with higher all-cause (OR 1.24) and infection-related (OR 1.15) 30-day readmission rates, with infections accounting for 28% of all readmissions.
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