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Prior Hospitalization Burden and the Relatedness of 30-Day Readmissions in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Thirty-day readmissions are common in patients receiving hemodialysis and costly to Medicare. Because patients on hemodialysis have a high background hospitalization rate, 30-day readmissions might be less likely related to the index hospitalization than in patients with other conditions.

Methods

In adults with Medicare receiving hemodialysis in the United States, we used multinomial logistic regression to evaluate whether prior hospitalization burden was associated with increased 30-day readmissions unrelated to index hospitalizations with a discharge date from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2014. We categorized a hospitalization, 30-day readmission pair as "related" if the principal diagnoses came from the same organ system.

Results

The adjusted probability of unrelated 30-day readmission after any index hospitalization was 19.1% (95% confidence interval [95% CI] 18.9% to 19.3%), 22.6% (95% CI, 22.4% to 22.8%), and 31.2% (95% CI, 30.8% to 31.5%) in patients with 0-1, 2-4, and ?5 hospitalizations, respectively. Cardiovascular index hospitalizations had the highest adjusted probability of related 30-day readmission: 10.4% (95% CI, 10.2% to 10.7%), 13.6% (95% CI, 13.4% to 13.9%), and 20.8% (95% CI, 20.2% to 21.4%), respectively. Renal index hospitalizations had the lowest adjusted probability of related 30-day readmission: 2.0% (95% CI, 1.8% to 2.3%), 3.9% (95% CI, 3.4% to 4.4%), and 5.1% (95% CI, 4.3% to 5.9%), respectively.

Conclusions

High prior hospitalization burden increases the likelihood that patients receiving hemodialysis experience a 30-day readmission unrelated to the index hospitalization. Health care payers such as Medicare should consider incorporating clinical relatedness into 30-day readmission quality measures.

SUBMITTER: Lin E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6362625 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Prior Hospitalization Burden and the Relatedness of 30-Day Readmissions in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis.

Lin Eugene E Bhattacharya Jay J Chertow Glenn M GM

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20190103 2

<h4>Background</h4>Thirty-day readmissions are common in patients receiving hemodialysis and costly to Medicare. Because patients on hemodialysis have a high background hospitalization rate, 30-day readmissions might be less likely related to the index hospitalization than in patients with other conditions.<h4>Methods</h4>In adults with Medicare receiving hemodialysis in the United States, we used multinomial logistic regression to evaluate whether prior hospitalization burden was associated wit ...[more]

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Prior Hospitalization Burden and the Relatedness of 30-Day Readmissions in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis.

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Prior Hospitalization Burden and the Relatedness of 30-Day Readmissions in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis.

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