Quality of life after hospitalization predicts one-year readmission risk in a large Swiss cohort of medical in-patients.

Tristan StrujaDaniel KochSebastian HaubitzBeat MuellerPhilipp SchuetzTimo Siepmann

Published in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2021)

QoL at day 30 after admission can predict one-year readmission risk with similar precision as more intricate tools. It might help for identification of high-risk patients and the design of tailored prevention strategies.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
emergency department
peritoneal dialysis
bioinformatics analysis