Table 2.
Observed Readmission Rate in Selected Subgroups. Higher-risk reasons for index admission included failure to thrive, cardiovascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and neurologic causes. Lower-risk reasons included laboratory abnormalities, scheduled procedure, bleeding, pain control, and infection.
| Variable | Readmission rate |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| 65–69 | 42.6% |
| 70–74 | 31.1% |
| 75–79 | 36.2% |
| Over 80 | 25.7% |
| Race | |
| African-American | 42.1% |
| Non-African-American | 33.4% |
| Reason for index admission | |
| Higher-risk | 40.4% |
| Lower-risk | 26.5% |
| Inappropriate medications | |
| Yes | 40.3% |
| No | 33.1% |
| Katz – Feeding | |
| Independent | 34.4% |
| Some Dependence | 33.3% |
| Dependent | 64.0% |
| Lawton – Housework | |
| Independent | 27.6% |
| Some Dependence | 36.4% |
| Dependent | 48.6% |
| Any ADL dependence | |
| Any dependence | 38.9% |
| No dependence | 32.6% |
| Any IADL dependence | |
| Any dependence | 39.0% |
| No dependence | 27.2% |
| Short Blessed Test score | |
| Normal | 32.4% |
| Abnormal | 40.0% |
| Clock Construction Test score | |
| Normal | 32.2% |
| Abnormal | 36.1% |
| Discharge disposition | |
| Home or domiciliary | 34.2% |
| Medical facility | 40.4% |
| Discharge services | |
| Yes | 41.2% |
| No | 29.9% |
| Falls during index admission | |
| Yes | 52.4% |
| No | 29.8% |
| BMI | |
| < 18.5 | 50.0% |
| 18.5–24.9 | 34.3% |
| 25–29.9 | 38.5% |
| ≥ 30 | 28.1% |
| Albumin (mg/dL) | |
| < 3.5 mg/dL | 42.5% |
| ≥ 3.5 mg/dL | 24.3% |
| Cancer stage | |
| Metastatic | 40.6% |
| Non-metastatic | 28.9% |