… results would be broadly applicable to similar health systems in other developed countries,
particularly since the studies in this review were performed in general hospital populations. …

… Studies of risk factors for hospital readmission in elders have … factors that predict hospital
admission or readmission (4, 9–12). Comorbidity measures using readily available hospital …

… Additionally, as the risk factors identified by this review are … populations in a variety of
hospital settings, their generalizability will be greater than risk factors identified in a single hospital …

… the factors that affect the risk of hospital readmission could identify individuals at high risk …
This aim of this study was to identify the risk factors for hospital readmission in elderly people. …

… examine factors associated with 30-day hospital readmission after a variety of general surgery
procedures among a diverse patient population. We acknowledge that factors associated …

… have a low risk of readmission. In contrast to elective surgical patients, the only modifiable
risk factor for readmission in our trauma population was SSI. Other risk factors may present …

… admissions for asthma in children and young adults in a general population … risk factors
for single and multiple hospital admissions for asthma. Methods: The members of a population-…

… Our cohort included a young, inner-city, predominantly African-American MICU population,
and our findings may not represent those of community hospitals with older patients, different …

… The purpose of this study was to identify independent risk factors for the development of
BPD and the extent of hospital variation in BPD rates in a population-based cohort. This was a …

… We performed a backward stepwise multivariate logistic regression analysis to identify
independent risk factors for malnutrition. Because age was found to be the strongest risk factor for …