Factors related to hospital readmission of elderly cardiac patients.
Elderly patients with cardiac disease are at high risk for physical deterioration during posthospital recovery and suffer frequent early readmission. This study found that mental status and posthospital stress were significantly related to early readmission.
D000368:Aged; D001900:Boston; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000523:psychology*; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010359:Patient Readmission; D012306:Risk; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013997:Time Factors