Why the study?
Does psychiatric illness or substance abuse increase the risk of 30-day readmission in medical patients?
Population
6,987 patients discharged from the medicine services at a large teaching hospital from July 1, 2009 to June…
Comparison
Psychiatric illness, substance abuse, or… vs Patients without these psychiatric conditions or…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30 days
Authors
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May identify psychiatric patients for targeted readmission efforts; leaves open whether interventions improve outcomes.
Does psychiatric illness or substance abuse increase the risk of 30-day readmission in medical patients?
Patients with depression or schizophrenia are at higher risk for potentially avoidable 30-day readmissions, highlighting them as targets for readmission reduction interventions.
Burke et al. (2013) studied this question.
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