ArticleMedical care2018
Predischarge and Postdischarge Risk Factors for Hospital Readmission Among Patients With Diabetes.
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- Outpatient Follow-Up and 30-Day Readmissions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- Predictors of 30-day unplanned hospital readmission among adult patients with diabetes mellitus: a systematic review with meta-analysis.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2020Pooled it
- Use of electronic medical records in development and validation of risk prediction models of hospital readmission: systematic review.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2020Pooled it
- Predictors of Readmission After Pulmonary Resection in Patients With Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Technology in cancer research & treatmentPooled it
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- Hospital Readmission Risk and Risk Factors of People with a Primary or Secondary Discharge Diagnosis of Diabetes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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- Deep Learning vs Traditional Models for Predicting Hospital Readmission among Patients with Diabetes.AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium · 2022Article
- Clinical risk factors and social needs of 30-day readmission among patients with diabetes: A retrospective study of the Deep South.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2022Article
- Causes and Risk Factors of Repeated Hospitalization among Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy.Journal of diabetes research · 2022Article
- Predictors of Rehospitalization and Mortality in Diabetes-Related Hospital Admissions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Predicting and Preventing Acute Care Re-Utilization by Patients with Diabetes.Current diabetes reports · 2021Review
- Timing of Home Health Care Initiation and 30-Day Rehospitalizations among Medicare Beneficiaries with Diabetes by Race and Ethnicity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Disease-dependent variations in the timing and causes of readmissions in Germany: A claims data analysis for six different conditions.PloS one · 2021Article
- The effect of home care on readmission and mortality rate in patients with diabetes who underwent general surgeries.Journal of education and health promotion · 2021Article
- Common sampling and modeling approaches to analyzing readmission risk that ignore clustering produce misleading results.BMC medical research methodology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundHospital readmission within 30 days of discharge (30-d readmission) is an undesirable outcome. Readmission of patients with diabetes is common and costly. Most of the studies that have examined readmission risk factors among diabetes patients did not include potentially important clinical data.
objectivesTo provide a more comprehensive understanding of 30-day readmission risk factors among patients with diabetes based on predischarge and postdischarge data. RESEARCH
designIn this retrospective cohort study, 48 variables were evaluated for association with readmission by multivariable logistic regression. SUBJECTS: In total, 17,284 adult diabetes patients with 44,203 hospital discharges from an urban academic medical center between January 1, 2004 and December 1, 2012. MEASURES: The outcome was all-cause 30-day readmission. Model performance was assessed by c-statistic.
resultsThe 30-day readmission rate was 20.4%, and the median time to readmission was 11 days. A total of 27 factors were statistically significant and independently associated with 30-day readmission (P<0.05). The c-statistic was 0.82. The strongest risk factors were lack of a postdischarge outpatient visit within 30 days, hospital length-of-stay, prior discharge within 90 days, discharge against medical advice, sociodemographics, comorbidities, and admission laboratory values. A diagnosis of hypertension, preadmission sulfonylurea use, admission to an intensive care unit, sex, and age were not associated with readmission in univariate analysis.
conclusionsThere are numerous risk factors for 30-day readmission among patients with diabetes. Postdischarge factors add to the predictive accuracy achieved by predischarge factors. A better understanding of readmission risk may ultimately lead to lowering that risk.
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