Why the study?
Does combining outpatient pharmacy data with hospital discharge data improve the prediction of hospital readmission and length of stay in acute hospitalizations?
Population
6,721 acute hospitalizations in Southern California (Kaiser-Permanente) from April 1993 to February 1995
Comparison
Prediction models using 29 Chronic Disease Score… vs Prediction models using the Deyo adaptation of…
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May modestly refine readmission and LOS models in research; leaves open whether integration improves outcomes or warrants clinical adoption.
Does combining outpatient pharmacy data with hospital discharge data improve the prediction of hospital readmission and length of stay in acute hospitalizations?
Combining outpatient pharmacy claims data with hospital discharge data provides modest improvements in predicting hospital readmissions and length of stay.
Parker et al. (2003) studied this question.
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