title: 30-Day Readmission Among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries with Type 2 Diabetes.
abstract: This study retrospectively assessed rates and risk factors for all-cause hospital readmission among elderly Medicare beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) aged ≥65 years. Associations between 30-day readmission and patients' demographic, insurance, index hospital, and clinical characteristics; patient complexities specific to the elderly; and health care utilization were examined using multivariable logistic regressions. Of 202,496 elderly Medicare beneficiaries, 52% were female, 76% were white, the mean age was 75.8 years, and 13.2% had all-cause 30-day readmissions. Elderly patients with cognitive impairment (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]=1.06, 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.01-1.12), falls and falls risk (aOR=1.15, 95% CI=1.08-1.22), polypharmacy (aOR=1.20, 95% CI=1.14-1.27), and urinary incontinence (aOR=1.08, 95% CI=1.01-1.15) were at higher risk for all-cause 30-day readmission than their counterparts without these complexities. As elderly-specific complexities are associated with greater risk for readmission, intervention programs to reduce readmission risk among elderly patients with T2DM should be tailored to suit the needs of elderly patients with extensive complexities.
authors.affiliation: 1 West Virginia University , School of Pharmacy, Morgantown, West Virginia.
authors.forename: Amit D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Raval
authors.affiliation: 1 West Virginia University , School of Pharmacy, Morgantown, West Virginia.
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: 2 Sanofi US, Bridgewater, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Wenhui
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: 1 West Virginia University , School of Pharmacy, Morgantown, West Virginia.|3 Present address: University of Arizona , School of Pharmacy, Tucson, Arizona.
authors.forename: Sandipan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharjee
authors.affiliation: 2 Sanofi US, Bridgewater, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.affiliation: 1 West Virginia University , School of Pharmacy, Morgantown, West Virginia.
authors.forename: Usha
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sambamoorthi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States