Open AccessMobility After Hospital Discharge as a Marker for 30-Day Readmission
Author(s) -
Simon Fisher,
YongFang Kuo,
Gaurav Sharma,
M. A. Raji,
Amit Kumar,
James S. Goodwin,
G. V. Ostir,
Kenneth J. Ottenbacher
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.134
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1758-535X
pISSN - 1079-5006
DOI - 10.1093/gerona/gls252
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , ambulatory , odds , hospital discharge , emergency medicine , physical therapy , logistic regression
Little is known about older patient's mobility soon after discharge home from an acute hospitalization. We examined daily postdischarge mobility levels as marker of overall health and response to in-hospital treatment in older medicine patients.
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