Key result
Home health or hospice care, prior diagnoses, and complications predict unplanned 14-day hospital readmissions.
Why the study?
Hospital readmission and its risk factors for patients visited by a discharge planning coordinator in a teaching hospital in southern Taiwan were not well characterized.
What are the risk factors for unplanned hospital readmission within 14 days of discharge in patients visited by a discharge planning coordinator?
Observational
No
What are the risk factors for unplanned hospital readmission within 14 days of discharge in patients visited by a discharge planning coordinator?
Receiving care from home health care or hospice nurses is a significant predictor of unplanned 14-day hospital readmission among patients seen by a discharge planning coordinator.
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Coordinator visits link to low early readmissions; leaves open whether targeting prior diagnoses and complications improves outcomes prospectively.
The purpose of this study was to assess and analyse hospital readmission and its risk factors for patients who were visited by a discharge planning coordinator during hospitalization in a teaching hospital located in southern Taiwan. Results found that 67 patients (5.7%) were readmitted within 14 days of discharge during the data collection period. Twenty-eight patients (41.8%) were readmitted because of complications. Patients' previous diagnoses and complications were two major reasons for patients to be re-hospitalized within 14 days of discharge. In addition, significant predictors for unplanned hospital readmission within 14 days of discharge were patients who received care from home health care nurses or hospice home health care nurses.
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Chang et al. (2003) conducted an observational in Hospitalized patients visited by a discharge planning coordinator. Receiving care from home health care nurses or hospice home health care nurses was evaluated on Unplanned hospital readmission within 14 days of discharge. Receiving care from home health care or hospice nurses, previous diagnoses, and complications were significant predictors of unplanned hospital readmission within 14 days (overall rate 5.7%).
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