Unplanned readmissions after hospital discharge among patients identified as being at high risk for readmission using a validated predictive algorithm

摘要

BackgroundUnplanned hospital readmissions are common, expensive and often preventable. Strategies designed to reduce readmissions should target patients at high risk. The purpose of this study was to describe medical patients identified using a recently published and validated algorithm (the LACE index) as being at high risk for readmission and to examine their actual hospital readmission rates.