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| Unplanned readmissions of elderly patients | | Author(s) | P Gautam, C Macduff, I Brown, J Squair |
| Journal title | Health Bulletin, vol 54, no 6, November 1996 |
| Pages | pp 449-457 |
| Keywords | Admission [hospitals] ; Discharge ; Social surveys ; Aberdeen. |
| Annotation | In this study of unplanned readmissions in Geriatric Medicine in Aberdeen, there were 109 episodes of readmission resulting from 713 discharges, making a readmission rate of 15.3%. Those readmitted had multiple problems: 50% lived alone; in 87% of cases, the main factor involved relapse of illness; and other reasons were 'social' in nature. The majority of unplanned readmissions were medical in nature and unavoidable. The use of rates of unplanned readmission as a measure of clinical outcome in care of elderly people is unsatisfactory, as they do not accurately reflect the quality of in-patient care. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970717004 A |
| Classmark | LD:QKH: QKJ: 3F: 9ND |
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