Risk factors for hospital readmission of elderly patients

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-51

  Franchi, Carlotta ^a   Nobili, Alessandro ^a   Mari, Daniela ^b   Tettamanti, Mauro ^a   Djade, Codjo D ^a   Pasina, Luca ^a   Salerno, Francesco ^c   Corrao, Salvatore ^d   Marengoni, Alessandra ^e   Iorio, Alfonso ^f   Marcucci, Maura ^f   Mannucci, Pier Mannuccio ^b   Pier, M M ^g   Alessandro, N ^g   Salvatore, C ^g   Spirito, V ^g   Noce, D ^g   Bonazzi, J ^g   Lombardo, R ^g   Sparacio, E ^g   Alborghetti, S ^g   De Vittorio, L ^g   Paolisso, G ^g   Rizzo, M R ^g   Laieta, M T ^g   Brignone, C ^g   Roberto, T ^g   Persico, M ^g   Salvatore, T ^g   Sasso, F C ^g   Utili, R ^g   Durante, Mangoni E ^g   Pinto, D ^g   Fenoglio, L ^g   Bracco, C ^g   Gasbarrone, L ^g   Porcari, P ^g   Famularo, G ^g   Sajeva, M R ^g   Maniscalco, G ^g   Gunelli, M ^g   Tirotta, D ^g   Realdi, G ^g   Baritussio, A ^g   Frassoni, F ^g   Delsignore, R ^g   Baroni, M C ^g   Zardo, M ^g   Volpato, S ^g   Fotini, S ^g   Manfredini, R ^g   Longhini, C ^g   Molino, C ^g   Incasa, E ^g   Guarnieri, G ^g   Zanetti, M ^g   Spalluti, A ^g   Rini, G ^g   Mansueto, P ^g   Pepe, I ^g   Licata, G ^g   Calvo, L ^g   Valenti, M ^g   Tuttolomondo, A ^g   Di Sciacca, R ^g   Antonaci, S ^g   Vella, F ^g   Marseglia, A ^g   Centonze, V ^g   Modeo, M E ^g   Palasciano, G ^g   Pugliese, S ^g   Capobianco, C ^g   Murialdo, G ^g   Bovio, M ^g   Laghi, Pasini F ^g   Capecchi, P L ^g   Bicchi, M ^g   Nuti, R ^g   Valenti, R ^g   Capodarca, C ^g   Auteri, A ^g   Pasqui, A L ^g   Puccetti, L ^g   Olivieri, O ^g   Stanzial, A M ^g   Agnelli, G ^g   Macura, A ^g   Mannarino, E ^g   Lupattelli, G ^g   Rondelli, P ^g   Serra, M G ^g   Musca, G ^g   Cuccurullo, O ^g   Cappellini, M D ^g   Fabio, G ^g   Motta, I ^g   Cantoni, F ^g   Fargion, S ^g   Bonara, P ^g   Bulgheroni, M ^g   Magrini, F ^g   Massari, F ^g   Tonella, T ^g   Peyvandi, F ^g   Tedeschi, A ^g   Rossio, R ^g   Moreo, G ^g   Ferrari, B ^g   Monzani, V ^g   Savojardo, V ^g   Folli, C ^g   Dionigi, Rossi P ^g   Ziglioli, E ^g   Lilleri, M S ^g   Selmi, C ^g   Meda, F ^g   Cazzaniga, M ^g   Monti, V ^g   Balduini, C L ^g   Bertolino, G ^g   Dezzani, L ^g   Cavallo, P ^g   Corazza, G R ^g   Miceli, E ^g   Secchi, M B ^g   Wu, S C ^g   Sofia, L ^g   Anastasio, L ^g   Carbone, M ^g   Bertucci, L ^g   De Feudis, L ^g   Traisci, G ^g   Bergami, E ^g   Rizzioli, E ^g   Cagnoni, C ^g   Bertone, L ^g   Manucra, A ^g   Ronchi, E ^g   Buratti, A ^g   Tognin, T ^g   Bertolini, D ^g   Liberato, N L ^g   Bernasconi, G ^g   Nardo, B ^g   Venco, A ^g   Guasti, L ^g   Maroni, L ^g   Castiglioni, L ^g   Casella, G ^g   Vanoli, M ^g   Grignani, G ^g   Mancuso, G ^g   Tavella, R ^g   Persico, R ^g   Cicardi, M ^g   Sandrone, G ^g   Magenta, M ^g   Perego, F ^g   Meroni, M R ^g   Rozzini, R ^g   Falanga, L ^g   Giordano, A ^g   Menardo, G ^g   Bottone, S ^g   Sferrazzo, E ^g   Tassara, R ^g   Melis, D ^g   Rebella, L ^g   Ferri, C ^g   Striuli, R ^g   Scipioni, R ^g   Salmi, R ^g   Gaudenzi, P ^g   Di Todaro, F ^g   Nielsen, I ^g   Giusto, L ^g   Semplicini, A ^g   Gottardo, L ^g   Delitala, G ^g   Carta, S ^g   Atzori, S ^g   Rosei, E A ^g   Rizzoni, D ^g   Castoldi, L ^g   Altomare, E ^g   Serviddio, G ^g   Salvatore, S ^g   Fera, G ^g   Di Luca, M L ^g   Renna, D ^g   Picardi, A ^g   Mazzarelli, C ^g   Vespasiani Gentilucci, U ^g   De Vincentis, A ^g   Hila, D ^g   Bernardi, M ^g   Li Bassi, S ^g   Santi, L ^g   Masala, C ^g   Mammarella, A ^g   Raparelli, V ^g   Rossi Fanelli, F ^g   Delfino, M ^g   Amoroso, A ^g   Serra, P ^g   Fontana, V ^g   Falcone, M ^g   Violi, F ^g   Basili, S ^g   Perri, L ^g   Silveri, N G ^g   De Marco, G ^g   Giupponi, B ^g   Landolfi, R ^g   Grieco, A ^g   Gallo, A ^g   Perticone, F ^g   Sciacqua, A ^g   Quero, M ^g   Bagnato, C ^g   Bonometti, F ^g   Loria, P ^g   Ballestri, S ^g   Becchi, M A ^g   Bolondi, L ^g   Rasciti, L ^g   Serio, I ^g   Gualandi, S ^g   Romanelli, G ^g   Carulli, N ^g   Rondinella, S ^g   Giannico, I ^g   Dallegri, F ^g   Ottonello, L ^g   Quercioli, A ^g   Barreca, A ^g   Sacco, A ^g   Bonelli, A ^g   Dentamaro, G ^g   Micale, G ^g   Delitalia, G ^g   Deidda, S ^g   Cuccuru, L M ^g   Benetti, G ^g   Quagliolo, M ^g   Centenaro, G R ^g   Macchini, L ^g   Perciccante, A ^g   Coralli, A ^g   Realdi, A ^g   Cricco, L ^g   Morabito, C ^g   Fava, R ^g   Fiorentini, A ^g   Tofi, C ^g   more..

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Elderly; Hospital readmission; Internal medicine and geriatric wards; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; TELECONSULTATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 84871430635     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. J.L. Alonso Martínez, B. Llorente Diez, M. Echegaray Agara, M.A. Urbieta Echezarreta, and C. González Arencibia Hospital readmission in internal medicine An Med Interna 18 2001 248 254
2. R. Barba Martin, J. Marco Martinez, S. Plaza Canteeli, J. Gomez Rodrigo, M. de la Cervero Jimenez, and J. Solis Villa Retrospective study of early readmissions at an internal medicine service Rev Clin Esp 200 2000 252 256
3. S.F. Jencks, M.V. Williams, and E.A. Coleman Rehospitalizations among patients in the Medicare Fee-for-Service Program N Engl J Med 360 2009 1418 1428
4. E.A. Coleman, C. Parry, S. Chalmers, and S. Min The Care Transitions Intervention. Results of a randomized controlled trial Arch Intern Med 166 2006 1822 1828 (Pubitemid 44455163)
5. D. Zamir, M. Zamir, T. Reitblat, W. Zeev, and I. Polishchuk Readmissions to hospital within 30 days of discharge from the internal medicine wards in southern Israel Eur J Intern Med 17 2006 20 23 (Pubitemid 43003456)
6. P.P. Maurer, and P.E. Ballmer Hospital readmissions - are they predictable and avoidable? Swiss Med Wkly 134 2004 606 611 (Pubitemid 39576763)
7. M.D. Silverstein, H. Qin, S.Q. Mercer, J. Fong, and Z. Haydar Risk factors for 30-day hospital readmission in patients ≥ 65 years of age Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 21 2008 363 372
8. D. Kansagara, H. Englander, A. Salanitro, D. Kagen, C. Theobald, and M. Freeman Risk prediction models for hospital readmission: a systematic review JAMA 306 2011 1688 1698
9. L. Garcia-Perez, R. Linertova, A. Lorenzo-Riera, J.R. Vazquez-Diaz, B. Duque-Gonzalez, and A. Sarria-Santamera Risk factors for hospital readmissions in elderly patients: a systematic review QJM 104 2011 639 651
10. A.D. Kalra, R.S. Fisher, and P. Axelrod Decreased length of stay and cumulative hospitalized days despite increased patient admissions and readmissions in an area of urban poverty J Gen Intern Med 25 2010 930 935
11. J. Jones Readmission rates: the price of early discharge Health Serv J 19 1986 825
12. P. Cornette, W. D'Hoore, B. Malhomme, D. Van Pee, P. Meert, and C. Swine Differential risk factors for early and later hospital readmission of older patients Aging Clin Exp Res 17 2004 322 328
13. A. Nobili, G. Licata, F. Salerno, L. Pasina, M. Tettamanti, and C. Franchi Polypharmacy, length of hospital stay, and in-hospital mortality among elderly patients in internal medicine wards. The REPOSI study Eur J Clin Pharmacol 67 2011 507 519
14. P.A. Parmelee, P.D. Thuras, I.R. Katz, and M.P. Lawton Validation of a measure of physical burden at autopsy: the cumulative illness rating scale J Am Geriatr Soc 43 1995 130 137
15. S. Shah, F. Vanclay, and B. Cooper Improving the sensitivity of the Barthel index for stroke rehabilitation J Clin Epidemiol 42 1989 703 709 (Pubitemid 19213114)
16. R. Katzman, T. Brown, P. Fuld, A. Peck, R. Schechter, and H. Schimmel Validation of a Short Orientation-Memory-Concentration Test of cognitive impairment Am J Psychiatry 140 1983 734 739 (Pubitemid 13094139)
17. C. Hickie, and J. Snowdon Depression scales for the elderly: GDS, Gilleard, Zung Clin Gerontol 6 1987 51 53
18. S.E. Campbell, D.G. Seymour, and W.R. Primrose A systematic literature review of factors affecting outcome in older medical patients admitted to hospital Age Ageing 33 2004 110 115 (Pubitemid 38313107)
19. M. Zanocchi, B. Maero, E. Martinelli, F. Cerrato, L. Corsinovi, and M. Gonella Early re-hospitalization of elderly people discharged from a geriatric ward Aging Clin Exp Res 18 2006 63 69
20. A. Zapatero, R. Barba, J. Marco, J. Hinojosa, S. Plaza, and J.E. Losa Predictive model of readmission to internal medicine wards Eur J Intern Med 23 2012 451 456
21. N. Bisharat, C. Handler, and N. Schwartz Readmissions to medical wards: analysis of demographic and socio-medical factors Eur J Intern Med 23 2012 457 460
22. E.I. Williams, and F. Fitton Factors affecting early unplanned readmission of elderly patients to hospital BMJ 297 1988 784 787
23. I. Lanièce, P. Couturier, M. Dramé, G. Gavazzi, S. Lehman, and D. Jolly Incidence and main factors associated with early unplanned hospital readmission among French medical inpatients aged 75 and over admitted through emergency units Age Ageing 3 2008 416 422 (Pubitemid 351972201)
24. T. Alarcón, A. Bárcena, J.I. González-Montalvo, C. Penãlosa, and A. Salgado Factors predictive of outcome on admission to an acute geriatric ward Age Ageing 28 1999 429 432 (Pubitemid 29438511)
25. L. Tavazzi, A.P. Maggioni, D. Lucci, G. Cacciatore, G. Ansalone, and F. Oliva Nationwide survey on acute heart failure in cardiology ward services in Italy Eur Heart J 27 2006 1207 1215
26. A. Di Iorio, A.L. Longo, A. Mitidieri Costanza, S. Bandinelli, S. Capasso, and M. Gigante Characteristics of geriatric patients related to early and late readmissions to hospital Aging (Milano) 10 1998 339 346
27. B. Bernardini, C. Meinecke, C. Zaccarini, N. Bongiorni, S. Fabbrini, and C. Gilardi Adverse clinical events in dependent long-term nursing home residents J Am Geriatr Soc 41 1993 105 111 (Pubitemid 23051415)
28. A. Marengoni, G. Bianchi, A. Nobili, M. Tettamanti, L. Pasina, and S. Corrao Prevalence and characteristics of antidepressant drug prescriptions in older Italian patients Int Psychogeriatr 8 2011 1 8