Systematic Review of Hospital Readmissions in Stroke Patients

Table 3

Studies evaluating causes of readmission in stroke patients.

Studies	Primary aim of the study	Type of outcome measure	Type of stroke	Categorisation of causes	Common causes
Bravata et al. 2007 [9]	To examine rates and reasons for 5-year readmission following stroke	5-year all-cause readmissions	Ischaemic stroke	DRG diagnosis	Pneumonia, acute MI, recurrent stroke, gastrointestinal disorders, congestive heart failure, other vascular diagnoses, cardiothoracic procedures, psychiatric disorders, and hip fractures.
Tseng and Lin 2009 [6]	To evaluate population-based readmission rate after stroke	1-year all-cause readmissions	All types (haemorrhagic and ischaemic)	Not mentioned	Recurrent stroke, infections, accidents, cardiopulmonary disease, cancer, and diabetes.
Burke et al. 2014 [11]	To find association between hospital-level practices and readmission rate	30-day unplanned readmissions	Ischaemic stroke	Not mentioned	Recurrent stroke, infections, and cardiac conditions.
Ottenbacher et al. 2014 [21]	To assess readmission rate following postacute inpatient rehabilitation discharge	30-day all-cause readmissions	All types (haemorrhagic and ischaemic)	DRG diagnosis	Urinary tract infection, pneumonia, heart failure and shock, oesophagitis, and gastritis.