Study objective: To determine the prevalence of early (in 14 days or less) readmissions to
the hospital, and to identify risk factors for readmission. Design: Matched case-control …

PURPOSE: Unplanned hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge is considered a
“sentinel event” for poor quality. Patients at high risk for this adverse event could be targeted …

Purpose: Hospital readmissions within 30 days of initial discharge occur frequently. In
studies of elderly patients receiving Medicare, readmissions have been associated with poor …

This study was undertaken to identify demographic, clinical, and social risk factors for early
readmission in the veteran population. Readmissions within 30 days of discharge were …

One hundred one patients, 70 years and older, who were discharged to the community from
an acute-care hospital were followed for 1 year to isolate risk factors affecting the probability …

The objective of the study was to develop and validate predictors of 30-day hospital
readmission using readily available administrative data and to compare prediction models …

Abstract Objectives: 1) Identify demographic, clinical, social support, functional, and
psychological factors about which data are available within 24 hours of hospital admission …

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 …

Objective To investigate factors that influence hospital readmissions of elderly patients and
to construct a robust hospital readmissions predictive model. Design Each hospitalised …

Background Over a quarter of Medicare patients admitted to the hospital are discharged to
post‐acute care (PAC) facilities, but face high rates of readmission. Timing of readmission …