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Thirty-Day Hospital Readmissions: A Predictor of Higher All-cause Mortality for Up to Two Years.
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- Outpatient Follow-Up Visits to Reduce 30-Day All-Cause Readmissions for Heart Failure, COPD, Myocardial Infarction, and Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Preventing chronic disease · 2024Pooled it
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- Influence of physical function and frailty on unplanned readmission in middle-aged and older patients discharged from a hospital: a follow-up study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Analysis of 30-day hospital readmissions and related risk factors for COVID-19 patients with myocarditis hospitalized in the United States during 2020.Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2025Article
- Effect of ICU Quality Control and Secondary Analysis: A 12-Year Multicenter Quality Improvement Project.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Variation in Case Exposure During Internal Medicine Residency.JAMA network open · 2024Article
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- The effect of 30-day adequate transitions of acute stroke care on 90-day readmission or death.Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association · 2024Article
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Abstract
Introduction Readmission within 30 days is used as a standard quality metric for hospitalized patients. We hypothesized that patients who get readmitted within 30 days may have higher short- and long-term mortality. Material and Methods Using administrative data, we retrospectively analyzed 2,353 patients admitted to inpatient medicine service over a period of one year. The patients were matched for diagnostic group (DRG) and severity index (SI) using nearest propensity scores in a 2:1 ratio between non-readmissions (NRA) to readmissions (RA) patients. Results There was no statistically significant difference in the groups between age, sex, length of stay (LOS), race, and ethnicity. The hazard model yielded a hazard ratio (HR) of 2.06 for 30-day readmissions (95% CI of 1.55, 2.74; p=<0.001). The survival probability at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months was consistently greater for NRA patients. Conclusions Thirty-day readmissions are an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality which persists for at least two years independent of DRG and SI.
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