External validation of the 80+ score and comparison with three clinical scores identifying patients at least 75 years old at risk of unplanned readmission within 30 days after discharge.

CONCLUSION: In our study, the 80+ score was externally validated and showed less favourable discrimination than the three other scores in this population.
PMID: 29756634 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Swiss Medical Weekly - May 14, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Schwab C, Le Moigne A, Fernandez C, Durieux P, Sabatier B, Korb-Savoldelli V Tags: Swiss Med Wkly Source Type: research