30-Day Potentially Preventable Hospital Readmissions In Older Patients: Clinical Phenotype And Health Care Related Risk Factors

Valeria Calsolaro,1,* Rachele Antognoli,1,* Giuseppe Pasqualetti,1 Chukwuma Okoye,1 Ferruccio Aquilini,2 Michele Cristofano,2 Silvia Briani,2 Fabio Monzani1 1Geriatrics Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 2Health Management Department, Un...

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Autores principales:	Calsolaro V, Antognoli R, Pasqualetti G, Okoye C, Aquilini F, Cristofano M, Briani S, Monzani F
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Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2019
Materias:	potentially preventable readmission length of stay multidimensional geriatric assessment older patients frailty. Geriatrics RC952-954.6
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9983b4f4d9a54b1a97b2654f6fadc9762021-12-02T09:51:45Z30-Day Potentially Preventable Hospital Readmissions In Older Patients: Clinical Phenotype And Health Care Related Risk Factors1178-1998https://doaj.org/article/9983b4f4d9a54b1a97b2654f6fadc9762019-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/30-day-potentially-preventable-hospital-readmissions-in-older-patients-peer-reviewed-article-CIAhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-1998Valeria Calsolaro,1,* Rachele Antognoli,1,* Giuseppe Pasqualetti,1 Chukwuma Okoye,1 Ferruccio Aquilini,2 Michele Cristofano,2 Silvia Briani,2 Fabio Monzani1 1Geriatrics Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 2Health Management Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Fabio MonzaniGeriatrics Unit, Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, University Hospital of Pisa, via Paradisa 2, Pisa 56124, ItalyTel +39 3337733135Email fabio.monzani@med.unipi.itPurpose: Early readmission rate has been regarded as an indicator of in-hospital and post-discharge quality of care. Evaluating the contributing factors is crucial to optimize the healthcare and target the intervention. In this study we evaluated the potential for preventing 30-day hospital readmission in a cohort of older patients and identified possible risk factors for readmission.Patients and methods: Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) codes of patients consecutively hospitalized for acute disease in the Geriatrics Unit of the University Hospital of Pisa within a 1-year window were recorded. All the patients had received a comprehensive geriatric assessment. Crossing and elaboration of the DRG codes was performed by the Potentially Preventable Readmission Grouping software (3M™ Corporation). DRG codes were classified as stand-alone admissions (SA), index admissions (IA) and potentially preventable readmissions (PPR) within a time window of 30 days after discharge.Results: In total, 1263 SA and 171 IA were identified, with an overall PPR rate of 11.9%. Hospitalizations were significantly longer in IA and PPR than SA (p<0.05). The more frequent readmission causes were acute heart failure, pulmonary edema, sepsis, pneumonia and stroke. In acute heart failure a nonlinear U-shaped readmission trend (with nadir at 5 days of hospitalization) was observed while, in all the other DRG codes, the PPR rate increased with increasing length of hospitalization. Comprehensive geriatric assessment showed a significantly lower degree of disability and comorbidity in SA than IA patients. At stepwise regression analysis, a high degree of disability and comorbidity as well as the diagnosis of sepsis emerged as independent risk factors for PPR.Conclusion: Addressing PPR is crucial, especially in older patients. The adequacy of treatment during hospitalization (especially in cases of sepsis) as well as the setting of a comprehensive discharge plan, accounting for comorbidity and disability of the patients, are essential to reduce PPR.Keywords: potentially preventable readmission, length of stay, multidimensional geriatric assessment, older patients, frailtyCalsolaro VAntognoli RPasqualetti GOkoye CAquilini FCristofano MBriani SMonzani FDove Medical Pressarticlepotentially preventable readmissionlength of staymultidimensional geriatric assessmentolder patientsfrailty.GeriatricsRC952-954.6ENClinical Interventions in Aging, Vol Volume 14, Pp 1851-1858 (2019)
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spellingShingle	potentially preventable readmission length of stay multidimensional geriatric assessment older patients frailty. Geriatrics RC952-954.6 Calsolaro V Antognoli R Pasqualetti G Okoye C Aquilini F Cristofano M Briani S Monzani F 30-Day Potentially Preventable Hospital Readmissions In Older Patients: Clinical Phenotype And Health Care Related Risk Factors
description	Valeria Calsolaro,1,* Rachele Antognoli,1,* Giuseppe Pasqualetti,1 Chukwuma Okoye,1 Ferruccio Aquilini,2 Michele Cristofano,2 Silvia Briani,2 Fabio Monzani1 1Geriatrics Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 2Health Management Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Fabio MonzaniGeriatrics Unit, Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, University Hospital of Pisa, via Paradisa 2, Pisa 56124, ItalyTel +39 3337733135Email fabio.monzani@med.unipi.itPurpose: Early readmission rate has been regarded as an indicator of in-hospital and post-discharge quality of care. Evaluating the contributing factors is crucial to optimize the healthcare and target the intervention. In this study we evaluated the potential for preventing 30-day hospital readmission in a cohort of older patients and identified possible risk factors for readmission.Patients and methods: Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) codes of patients consecutively hospitalized for acute disease in the Geriatrics Unit of the University Hospital of Pisa within a 1-year window were recorded. All the patients had received a comprehensive geriatric assessment. Crossing and elaboration of the DRG codes was performed by the Potentially Preventable Readmission Grouping software (3M™ Corporation). DRG codes were classified as stand-alone admissions (SA), index admissions (IA) and potentially preventable readmissions (PPR) within a time window of 30 days after discharge.Results: In total, 1263 SA and 171 IA were identified, with an overall PPR rate of 11.9%. Hospitalizations were significantly longer in IA and PPR than SA (p<0.05). The more frequent readmission causes were acute heart failure, pulmonary edema, sepsis, pneumonia and stroke. In acute heart failure a nonlinear U-shaped readmission trend (with nadir at 5 days of hospitalization) was observed while, in all the other DRG codes, the PPR rate increased with increasing length of hospitalization. Comprehensive geriatric assessment showed a significantly lower degree of disability and comorbidity in SA than IA patients. At stepwise regression analysis, a high degree of disability and comorbidity as well as the diagnosis of sepsis emerged as independent risk factors for PPR.Conclusion: Addressing PPR is crucial, especially in older patients. The adequacy of treatment during hospitalization (especially in cases of sepsis) as well as the setting of a comprehensive discharge plan, accounting for comorbidity and disability of the patients, are essential to reduce PPR.Keywords: potentially preventable readmission, length of stay, multidimensional geriatric assessment, older patients, frailty
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author	Calsolaro V Antognoli R Pasqualetti G Okoye C Aquilini F Cristofano M Briani S Monzani F
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title	30-Day Potentially Preventable Hospital Readmissions In Older Patients: Clinical Phenotype And Health Care Related Risk Factors
title_short	30-Day Potentially Preventable Hospital Readmissions In Older Patients: Clinical Phenotype And Health Care Related Risk Factors
title_full	30-Day Potentially Preventable Hospital Readmissions In Older Patients: Clinical Phenotype And Health Care Related Risk Factors
title_fullStr	30-Day Potentially Preventable Hospital Readmissions In Older Patients: Clinical Phenotype And Health Care Related Risk Factors
title_full_unstemmed	30-Day Potentially Preventable Hospital Readmissions In Older Patients: Clinical Phenotype And Health Care Related Risk Factors
title_sort	30-day potentially preventable hospital readmissions in older patients: clinical phenotype and health care related risk factors
publisher	Dove Medical Press
publishDate	2019
url	https://doaj.org/article/9983b4f4d9a54b1a97b2654f6fadc976
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30-Day Potentially Preventable Hospital Readmissions In Older Patients: Clinical Phenotype And Health Care Related Risk Factors

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