title: Patient perceived health status, hospital length of stay, and readmission after coronary artery bypass surgery.
abstract: This study evaluates the effect of length of stay and baseline health status on health status and readmission rates 3 months after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Baseline health status showed a trend toward worse scores for patients who were readmitted. Readmitted patients had longer lengths of stay, and worse 3-month health status scores, and women and patients with heart failure had higher readmission rates. It may be possible to identify patients at risk for readmission using clinical variables, length of stay, and health status. If a predictive model can be developed, then interventions can be developed and tested to decrease the rate of unplanned readmissions.
authors.affiliation: Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deaton
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Weintraub
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ramsay
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Przykucki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zellinger
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Causey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010359:Patient Readmission; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires