ArticleMedical care2018
Time-varying Readmission Diagnoses During 30 Days After Hospitalization for COPD Exacerbation.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Risk factors for hospital readmission in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Predictors of Readmission, for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - A Systematic Review.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2023Pooled it
- Evaluating Changes in Physical Activity and Clinical Outcomes During Post-Hospitalisation Rehabilitation for Persons with COPD: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Observational
- Symptom trajectory types during recovery from acute exacerbation of COPD and their association with systemic inflammatory burden and prognosis.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Article
- A structural equation model-based study on the status and influencing factors of acute exacerbation readmission of elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease within 30 days.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2022Article
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Readmission Rates for Medicare Beneficiaries with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) · 2021Article
- Burdensome Transitions of Care for Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease and Their Caregivers.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2021Article
- Reducing Readmissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Response to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2021Article
- Preventing COPD Readmissions Under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program: How Far Have We Come?Chest · 2021Review
- The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program and Readmissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2006-2015.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2020Article
- Blood Eosinophil Count and Hospital Readmission in Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2020Observational
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the longitudinal changes in principal readmission diagnoses within 30 days after hospitalization for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). STUDY
settingMedicare claims data, 2010-2012. STUDY
designRetrospective cohort study. DATA COLLECTION
methodsWe identified AECOPD hospitalizations aged 65 years and above, and examined the principal 30-day readmission diagnoses (respiratory related, cardiac related, and other conditions). We also constructed Joinpoint regression models to test whether patients with each of the 3 major readmission conditions had a unique temporal pattern of readmission during the 30-day period. PRINCIPAL
findingsAmong 76,697 index hospitalizations with AECOPD, 14,090 (18.4%) were readmitted within 30 days. Respiratory-related conditions accounted for 55% of readmissions. The proportion of respiratory-related conditions as the readmission diagnosis decreased from postdischarge day 1 to day 8 (4.0% decrease), and then increased thereafter (13.2% increase; P=0.06). Cardiac-related conditions had a similar nonlinear trend with an inflection point at day 6 (P=0.02), with a subsequent downward trend from day 22 (P=0.01). By contrast, the other conditions increased from day 1 to day 6 (15.0% increase), and then significantly decreased (28.8% decrease; P=0.04).
conclusionsThe proportions of principal discharge diagnosis of readmission changed significantly at around postdischarge day 7. Our findings advance research into identification of the underlying mechanisms and development of targeted interventions to prevent readmissions.
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