Predicting Hospital Readmissions from Home Healthcare in Medicare Beneficiaries.

Christine D JonesJason R FalveyEdward HessCari R LevyEugene NuccioAnna E BarónFrederick A MasoudiJennifer Stevens-Lapsley

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2019)

Variables available to HHC clinicians at the first postdischarge HHC visit can predict readmission risk and inform care plans in HHC. Future analyses incorporating measures of social determinants of health, such as housing instability or social support, have the potential to enhance prediction of this outcome. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:2505-2510, 2019.

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