Table 6.

Calculation of the RRS is for an insured single 51 year-old female who lives with a friend. The patient has congestive heart failure, prior myocardial infarction, moderate to severe liver disease and diabetes, who reports five medications at home, has had four ED visits in the past year, and is being discharged today after a five day hospitalization for an acute problem. She has had no prior hospitalizations this year, and she is now on nine medications.

Variable	Patient’s score for variable	Beta Coefficient	Variable score x beta coefficient
Acute Admission (i.e., not scheduled)	1	0.26	0.26
Age	51	0.007	0.357
Male Sex	0	0.28	0
Married	0	-0.13	0
ED Visits within one year (4)	1	0.82	0.82
Inpatient Visits within one year	0	0.39	0
Uninsured	0	.22	0
Length of Stay (5)	1	.23	.23
Medications on the Patient’s Inpatient Medication List Two Days Prior to Discharge	9	0.03	0.27
Medications on the Patient’s Ambulatory Medication List (5)	1	-0.1	-0.1
Modified Charlson Comorbidity Index (Modified and Age Adjusted) (8)	1	0.68	.68
		RRS	2.517