Research Article
Reducing 30-Day Rehospitalization Rates Using a Transition of Care Clinic Model in a Single Medical Center
Table 1
Patient characteristics.
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| Readmitted
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| | Age in years (SD) | 61.19 (17.72) | 66.25 (16.53) | | | Female gender (%) | 175 (52%) | 23 (58%) | | | Length of stay (SD) | 4.04 (3.99) | 5.58 (5.37) | | | Hospital admissions in last year (SD) | 0.891 (1.48) | 1.83 (2.23) | | | DRG weight (SD) | 1.35 (0.85) | 1.49 (0.85) | | | Charlson comorbidity index (SD) | 5.23 (3.05) | 6.98 (2.90) | | | Attended TOC clinic (%) | 50 (15%) | 2 (5%) | | | Principal diagnosis (ICD-9 code) | | | | | Septicemia NOS (038.9) | 36 (11%) | 5 (12%) | | | Cerebral artery occlusion NOS with infarction (434.91) | 16 (5%) | 1 (2%) | | | Pneumonia, organism NOS (486) | 14 (4%) | 2 (5%) | | | Obstructive chronic bronchitis with acute exacerbation (491.21) | 10 (3%) | 2 (5%) | | | Acute and chronic respiratory failure (518.84) | 9 (3%) | 1 (2.5%) | | | Acute kidney failure NOS (584.9) | 8 (2%) | 1 (2.5%) | | | Subendocardial infarct, initial (410.71) | 8 (2%) | 0 (0%) | | | DM type 1 with ketoacidosis, uncontrolled (250.13) | 3 (1%) | 5 (12%) | | | Urinary tract infection, NOS (599.0) | 7 (2%) | 0 (0%) | | | E. coli septicemia (038.42) | 6 (2%) | 1 (2.5%) | |
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