Multimorbidity and readmissions in older people with acute coronary syndromes

Conclusions: O lder people with ACS have a high multimorbidity burden and a high readmission rate both within 30-days and one-year. Half of the readmissions were due to a cardiovascular event or a bleeding event. The presence of multimorbidity increases the risk of readmissions for patients with ACS. As hospital a dmissions are costly for the health care system and can include risks, especially for older patients, there may be opportunities in better risk stratifying this group at discharge for subsequent decrease in readmission rates.
Source: Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research