Why the study?
Approximately 20% of patients discharged after an acute exacerbation of COPD are readmitted within 30 days, requiring tools to identify admissions and predict readmission risk.
Population
64,609 admissions to General Internal Medicine at two hospitals
Comparison
Four prediction model algorithms vs each other
Design
Retrospective cohort study
Follow-up
30 days
Authors
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May support EMR-based AECOPD identification and readmission prediction; hypothesis-generating pending prospective validation.
Simple clinical prediction models using EMR data can identify AECOPD admissions and predict 30-day readmission risk based on prior admission history.
Fakhraei et al. (2023) studied this question.
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