ArticleJournal of the American College of Surgeons2016
Inpatient Rehabilitation after Liver Transplantation Decreases Risk and Severity of 30-Day Readmissions.
Article in Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03529656 (The Safety and Efficacy of Early Rehabilitation Program in Immediate Liver Transplant Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Safety and Efficacy of Early Rehabilitation Program in Immediate Liver Transplant Patients
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pre-transplant Sarcopenic Obesity Worsens the Survival After Liver Transplantation: A Meta-Analysis and a Systematic Review.Frontiers in medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Decrease in Psoas Muscle Mass and Density Following Liver Transplantation Is Greatest in Patients With the Highest Muscle Quantity and Density Pre-Transplant.Clinical transplantation · 2025Article
- The role of rehabilitation across the continuum of liver disease from cirrhosis to transplantation and beyond: A narrative review.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2025Review
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- Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Functional Outcomes and Disposition After Liver Transplant.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2024Article
- Changes in Functional Outcomes After an Inpatient Rehabilitation Program for Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients.Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) · 2023Article
- Expert consensus on liver transplantation perioperative evaluation and rehabilitation for acute-on-chronic liver failure.Liver research (Beijing, China) · 2022Article
- Identifying and mitigating factors contributing to 30-day hospital readmission in high risk patient populations.Annals of translational medicine · 2021Article
- Thirty-day readmission rates, trends and its impact on liver transplantation recipients: a national analysis.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Potential savings in the treatment pathway of liver transplantation: an inter-sectorial analysis of cost-rising factors.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundDischarge location is associated with short-term readmission rates after hospitalization for several medical and surgical diagnoses. We hypothesized that discharge location: home, home health, skilled nursing facility (SNF), long-term acute care (LTAC), or inpatient rehabilitation, independently predicted the risk of 30-day readmission and severity of first readmission after orthotopic liver transplantation. STUDY
designWe performed a retrospective cohort review using Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) State Inpatient Databases for Florida and California. Patients who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation from 2009 to 2011 were included and followed for 1 year. Mixed-effects logistic regression was used to model the effect of discharge location on 30-day readmission controlling for demographic, socioeconomic, and clinical factors. Total cost of first readmission was used as a surrogate measure for readmission severity and resource use.
resultsA total of 3,072 patients met our inclusion criteria. The overall 30-day readmission rate was 29.6%. Discharge to inpatient rehabilitation (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 0.43, p = 0.013) or LTAC/SNF (aOR 0.63, p = 0.014) were associated with decreased odds of 30-day readmission when compared with home. The severity of 30-day readmissions for patients discharged to inpatient rehabilitation were the same as those discharged home or home with home health. Severity was increased for those discharged to LTAC/SNF. The time to first readmission was longest for patients discharged to inpatient rehabilitation (17 days vs 8 days, p < 0.001).
conclusionsWhen compared with other locations of discharge, inpatient rehabilitation reduces the risk of 30-day readmission and increases the time to first readmission. These benefits come without increasing the severity of readmission. Increased use of inpatient rehabilitation after orthotopic liver transplantation is a strategy to improve 30-day readmission rates.
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