Evaluation of Hospital-wide Readmission Risk Calculator to Predict 30-Day Readmission in Neurocritical Care Patients

Conclusions: This small set of data in a specific patient population found that the current risk prediction score was inaccurate in predicting readmission in the neuroscience intensive care unit population. Further evaluation is needed of a larger patient population to generalize these results for all neuroscience intensive care unit patients. To design an accurate readmission risk tool, centers should create unique readmission scores based on less heterogeneous patient populations.
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - Category: Neuroscience Tags: Article Source Type: research