Patient Characteristics Associated With Readmission to 3 Neurology Services at an Urban Academic Center.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Hospital 30-day readmissions in patients with primary neurological problems are not well characterized. We sought to determine patient characteristics associated with readmission across 3 different inpatient neurology services at New York University Langone Hospital.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed all 30-day readmissions from the General Neurology, Epilepsy, and Stroke services at NYULH Brooklyn and Manhattan campuses from 2016-2017 and compared them to a random sample of non-readmitted neurology patients. We used univariate analyses to compare demographics, clinical characteristics, disease specific metrics, and discharge factors of non-readmitted and readmitted groups and binomial logistic regression to examine specific variables with adjustment

SUBMITTER: Bondi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8022194 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature