Table III.

Proposed scoring system for early readmission

Clinical factor	Odds ratio	Assigned points
African-American	2.2	2
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	6.4	6
Atrial fibrillation	2.3	2
Human immunodeficiency virus disease	3.4	3
Renal disease with GFR < 30 ml/min	2.7	3
History of substance abuse	1.7	2
Systolic heart failure	1.9	2
No ACEI or ARB therapy after discharge	1.8	2

GFR – glomerular filtration rate, ACEI – angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, ARB – angiotensin receptor blocker.