Pneumonia Readmissions in Older Adults With Dementia

Background/Objectives: Pneumonia readmissions have significant quality of care and policy implications for patients and health care providers. Research indicates that initiatives to decrease readmissions should target high-risk subgroups. Older adults with dementia have an increased risk of pneumonia and subsequent hospitalizations, suggesting that they may be at high-risk of pneumonia readmissions. The purpose of this study was to determine if associations between patient factors and readmission rates differ for older adults with and without dementia who were hospitalized for pneumonia. Design: This was a retrospective study of secondary data. Participants: A nationally representative sample of 389,198 discharge records was extracted from the 2013 Nationwide Readmission Database. Measures: Differences between groups were analyzed using χ2 and t tests. A generalized linear model was utilized to examine associations between patient factors and pneumonia readmissions. Results: Significant differences were found (P
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