Demographics of readmitted patients
| Age (n=164) | 60 (46–69) |
| Gender (n=164) | |
| Male | 84 (51) |
| Race (n=164) | |
| White (non-Hispanic) | 82 (50) |
| Other | 50 (30) |
| Asian | 18 (11) |
| Black | 14 (9) |
| Language (n=164) | |
| English | 145 (88) |
| Insurance payer (n=164) | |
| Private | 53 (32) |
| Medicare | 76 (46) |
| Medical | 35 (21) |
| No of hospitalisations in past 5 years (n=164) | 4 (3–7.3) |
| Service (n=182) | |
| Medical service | 108 (61) |
| Surgical service | 52 (29) |
| Transplant | 18 (10) |
| Length of stay (n=182) | |
| Days | 5 (2–10) |
| Time between discharge and readmission (n=182) | 9 (4–16.8) |
| Reason for readmission (=182) | |
| Pain | 35 (19) |
| Infection | 35 (19) |
| Oedema/short of breath | 29 (16) |
| Other | 28 (15) |
| Weakness/poor intake | 17 (9) |
| Altered mental status | 11 (6) |
| Wound | 9 (5) |
| Neutropenic fever | 7 (4) |
| Bleeding/anaemia | 6 (3) |
| Acute kidney injury | |
| Discharge disposition (n=182) | |
| SNF | 27 (15) |
| HHS | 39 (22) |
| DME given at d/c (n=164) | 29 (18) |
| Functional status (n=176) | |
| Independent/min assist | 101 (57) |
| Mod/max assist | 75 (43) |
| No of days to PCP f/u (n=145) | 9 (4–15) |
Values listed as medians with IQRs, and per cent relating to the index admission unless specified.
Because some patients were readmitted more than once during the study period, their interviews were counted twice but their demographic data were reflected only once.
DME, durable medical equipment; f/u, follow-up; HHS, home health services; Max, maxium; Min, minium; Mod, moderate; PCP, primary care provider; SNF, skilled nursing facility.