Hospital readmissions in decompensated cirrhosis are common and independently associated with mortality, supporting the need for preventive disease management interventions.
Hospital readmissions among patients with decompensated cirrhosis are common, costly, moderately predictable, in some cases, possibly preventable, and independently associated with mortality. These findings support the development of disease management interventions to prevent rehospitalization.
Volk et al. (Tue,) studied this question.