Why the study?
Does depression increase the risk of rehospitalization within 90 days in adult medical inpatients with a recent prior admission?
Population
144 adult medical inpatients in an inner-city population with at least 1 hospital admission in the past 6…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
90 days
Authors
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Supports depression screening in recently hospitalized medical inpatients; hypothesis-generating for whether treatment reduces 90-day rehospitalization.
Does depression increase the risk of rehospitalization within 90 days in adult medical inpatients with a recent prior admission?
In adult medical inpatients with a recent prior admission, screening positive for depression is associated with a threefold increased risk of 90-day rehospitalization.
Kartha et al. (2007) studied this question.
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