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Factors associated with short-term bounce-back admissions after emergency department discharge
- Source :
- Annals of emergency medicine, vol 62, iss 2, Gabayan, GZ; Asch, SM; Hsia, RY; Zingmond, D; Liang, LJ; Han, W; et al.(2013). Factors associated with short-term bounce-back admissions after emergency department discharge. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 62(2), 136-144.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.01.017. UCSF: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7cq8s8p2
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- eScholarship, University of California, 2013.
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Abstract
- Study objective: Hospitalizations that occur shortly after emergency department (ED) discharge may reveal opportunities to improve ED or follow-up care. There currently is limited, population-level information about such events. We identify hospital- and visit-level predictors of bounce-back admissions, defined as 7-day unscheduled hospital admissions after ED discharge. Methods: Using the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development files, we conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of adult (aged >18 years) ED visits resulting in discharge in 2007. Candidate predictors included index hospital structural characteristics such as ownership, teaching affiliation, trauma status, and index ED size, along with index visit patient characteristics of demographic information, day of service, against medical advice or eloped disposition, insurance, and ED primary discharge diagnosis. We fit a multivariable, hierarchic logistic regression to account for clustering of ED visits by hospitals. Results: The study cohort contained a total of 5,035,833 visits to 288 facilities in 2007. Bounce-back admission within 7 days occurred in 130,526 (2.6%) visits and was associated with Medicaid (odds ratio [OR] 1.42; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.40 to 1.45) or Medicare insurance (OR 1.53; 95% CI 1.50 to 1.55) and a disposition of leaving against medical advice or before the evaluation was complete (OR 1.90; 95% CI 1.89 to 2.0). The 3 most common age-adjusted index ED discharge diagnoses associated with a bounce-back admission were chronic renal disease, not end stage (OR 3.3; 95% CI 2.8 to 3.8), end-stage renal disease (OR 2.9; 95% CI 2.4 to 3.6), and congestive heart failure (OR 2.5; 95% CI 2.3 to 2.6). Hospital characteristics associated with a higher bounce-back admission rate were for-profit status (OR 1.2; 95% CI 1.1 to 1.3) and teaching affiliation (OR 1.2; 95% CI 1.0 to 1.3). Conclusion: We found 2.6% of discharged patients from California EDs to have a bounce-back admission within 7 days. We identified vulnerable populations, such as the very old and the use of Medicaid insurance, and chronic or end-stage renal disease as being especially at risk. Our findings suggest that quality improvement efforts focus on high-risk individuals and that the disposition plan of patients consider vulnerable populations. © 2013 American College of Emergency Physicians.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Aging
Kidney Disease
Adolescent
Clinical Sciences
and over
Cardiovascular
Patient Readmission
Emergency Care
California
Cohort Studies
Hospital
Young Adult
Clinical Research
Odds Ratio
80 and over
Humans
Retrospective Studies
Aged
Emergency Service
Prevention
Middle Aged
Health Services
Emergency & Critical Care Medicine
Patient Discharge
Health Care
Logistic Models
Health Care Surveys
Multivariate Analysis
Female
Patient Safety
Quality Assurance
Subjects
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- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of emergency medicine, vol 62, iss 2, Gabayan, GZ; Asch, SM; Hsia, RY; Zingmond, D; Liang, LJ; Han, W; et al.(2013). Factors associated with short-term bounce-back admissions after emergency department discharge. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 62(2), 136-144.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.01.017. UCSF: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7cq8s8p2
- Accession number :
- edsair.dedup.wf.001..6ee5ae1632f9067405d00e0779dfc1ce