Date of Presentation
5-2-2019 12:00 AM
College
School of Osteopathic Medicine
Poster Abstract
Introduction:Reducing thirty-day hospital readmissions is a top healthcare priority. However, there is little research describing the risk factors of readmission among patients with diabetes, especially for older adults. Understanding what the risk factors are for 30-day hospital readmission for older adults with type 2 diabetes would help identify patients at risk of rehospitalization.
Objective:The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with 30-day unplanned hospital readmissions among older adults with T2DM. Factors to be investigated are: patient demographics and three admission laboratory values.
Methods:Participants were older adult s>65 years old with T2DM, admitted to a community hospital from January 2012-January 2017. Of 843 patients, 200 were randomly selected to have their electronic medical records reviewed for this study.
Results: Patients readmitted within 30 days of discharge were similar to patients who were not readmitted on most demographic characteristics, except for hospitalization in the 12 months before admission. Readmitted and not readmitted patients also differed on their hematocrit levels at admission.
Conclusion: Older adults with T2DM who were readmitted within 30 days post-discharge were more likely to have had a previous hospitalization and lower creatinine levels at admission. Future analyses will incorporate additional potential predictors of unplanned hospital readmissions
Keywords
patient readmission, diabetes mellitus, creatinine, hematocrit, aged
Disciplines
Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Endocrine System Diseases | Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism | Medicine and Health Sciences
Document Type
Poster
Included in
Community Health and Preventive Medicine Commons, Endocrine System Diseases Commons, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Commons
The Relationship of Creatinine, Sodium, Hematocrit and Hemoglobin A1c to 30-Day Hospital Readmission Among Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Introduction:Reducing thirty-day hospital readmissions is a top healthcare priority. However, there is little research describing the risk factors of readmission among patients with diabetes, especially for older adults. Understanding what the risk factors are for 30-day hospital readmission for older adults with type 2 diabetes would help identify patients at risk of rehospitalization.
Objective:The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with 30-day unplanned hospital readmissions among older adults with T2DM. Factors to be investigated are: patient demographics and three admission laboratory values.
Methods:Participants were older adult s>65 years old with T2DM, admitted to a community hospital from January 2012-January 2017. Of 843 patients, 200 were randomly selected to have their electronic medical records reviewed for this study.
Results: Patients readmitted within 30 days of discharge were similar to patients who were not readmitted on most demographic characteristics, except for hospitalization in the 12 months before admission. Readmitted and not readmitted patients also differed on their hematocrit levels at admission.
Conclusion: Older adults with T2DM who were readmitted within 30 days post-discharge were more likely to have had a previous hospitalization and lower creatinine levels at admission. Future analyses will incorporate additional potential predictors of unplanned hospital readmissions