Readmissions: a primary care examination of reasons for readmission of older people and possible readmission risk factors

Dobrzanska et al. (2006) conducted an observational in Emergency hospital readmission. Readmission risk factors (e.g., living in care, short index admission stay) vs. Absence of these risk factors (e.g., living at home, longer index stay) was evaluated on Reasons and risk factors for unplanned readmission within 28 days. Living in care and having a shorter length of stay on index admission (up to 72 hours) were associated with an increased likelihood of earlier readmission among older patients.