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2972891

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-12-19
pubmed:abstractText
Hospital use in the US is concentrated in the approximately 2% of the population that is repeatedly hospitalized. Using the research integration technique of information synthesis, empirical studies of readmission were assembled and analyzed to determine the demographic and clinical characteristics of the repeatedly hospitalized adult. The authors' synthesis of articles that met preset criteria of relevance and validity indicated that clinical variables show a more consistent association with readmission than demographic variables. Diagnosis, prior use, and disability appear to be strong predictors of an individual's level of hospital use. Demographic variables with consistent positive associations with readmission include being widowed, living with relatives other than a spouse, decreasing income, living in the South, and living in an urban area, but available work does not indicate whether these demographic variables are independent predictors of readmission or merely markers of an increased prevalence of chronic disease. Findings indicate that future investigations of the predictors of this costly pattern of hospital use will be most illuminating if illness-related factors such as diagnosis, disease severity, functional status, and usage history are carefully specified and examined.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0025-7079
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1046-56
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Characteristics of the recurrently hospitalized adult. An information synthesis.
pubmed:affiliation
General Medicine Section, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review