Table 2. Readmission outcomes in high-risk patients with pneumonia.
| Outcome |
Historical control (n = 65) |
Pharmacist intervention (n = 43) |
RR (95% CI)a |
| Readmission within 30 days | 26 (40) | 12 (28) | 0.6977 (0.3965–1.2278)b |
| Mean time from discharge to readmission, days (range; SD) | 10.6 (2–27; 7.6) | 10.8 (2–28; 8.2) | |
| Reasons for readmission | (n = 29) | (n = 14) | |
| Treatment failure | 12 (41) | 2 (14) | |
| Nonadherence | 4 (14) | 0 (0) | |
| Adverse drug event | 1 (4) | 1 (7) | |
| Other | 12 (41) | 11 (79) | |
Note: All data are given as n (%) unless specified otherwise, and all percentages were rounded to the nearest whole number.
a
Comparison using relative risk (RR).
b
P = .2119 (level of significance, P = .05).