Key result
Having more than six discharge medications was independently associated with an increased risk of thirty-day hospital readmission (OR 1.26).
Why the study?
Does the number of discharge medications predict thirty-day hospital readmission in adult inpatients?
Cohort (n=5,507)
No
Does the number of discharge medications predict thirty-day hospital readmission in adult inpatients?
Odds Ratio: 1.26 (95% CI 1.17–1.36)
p-value: p=0.003
The number of discharge medications is an independent predictor of 30-day hospital readmission and can be incorporated into a risk score to identify high-risk patients.
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May flag high-risk discharges for review; leaves open whether medication optimization reduces readmissions.
Picker et al. (2015) conducted a cohort in Hospital readmission (n=5,507). More than six discharge medications vs. Six or fewer discharge medications was evaluated on Thirty-day hospital readmission (OR 1.26, 95% CI 1.17-1.36, p=0.003). Having more than six discharge medications was independently associated with an increased risk of thirty-day hospital readmission (OR 1.26).
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