Multimorbidity and prior falls correlate with risk of 30-day hospital readmission in aged 80+: a prospective cohort study - Tsai YC, Chen YM, Wen CJ, Wu MC, Chou YC, Chen JH, Lin KP, Chan DC, Lu FP.

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Thirty-day hospital readmission rate significantly raised with advanced age. The performance of existing predictive models for readmission risk remained uncertain in the oldest population. We aimed to examine the effect of geriatric con...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news