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Hospital Readmissions Among the Elderly
Author(s) -
Gooding Judith,
Jette Alan M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1985.tb06315.x
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , hospital readmission , emergency medicine , hospital admission , hospital discharge , pediatrics , intensive care medicine
This paper investigates the six‐month hospital readmission rates among 444 patients 65 years of age or older admitted to a large metropolitan teaching hospital who had a primary discharge diagnosis of cerebrovascular disease, hip fracture, or congestive heart failure. Twenty‐four percent were readmitted to the same institution one or more times during the six‐month follow‐up. Striking variability was observed in use of hospitals across these diagnostic groups. Patients with a primary diagnosis of congestive heart failure were at highest risk of hospital readmission (36%). Multiple readmissions among the congestive heart failure group were prevalent. These preliminary data suggest that hospital readmission among the aged is a complex multifaceted phenomena.