Re-hospitalizations within 30-days and mortality outcomes among severely visually impaired and blind patients: analysis of the National Readmission Database.
BMC Ophthalmol
; 23(1): 348, 2023 Aug 08.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Readmissions and in-hospital mortality among patients with severe vision impairment or blindness (SVI/B) has not been fully studied. We investigated hospital outcomes for adults with SVI/B in the United States.METHODS:
Using the Nationwide Readmission Database year 2017, we analyzed primary outcomes for thirty-day readmission rates for patients with and without SVI/B. Secondary outcomes were in-hospital mortality rates for readmitted patients, in-hospital mortality rates for index patients, the five most common principal diagnoses for readmission, and resource utilization.RESULTS:
34,558 patients had an index admission for SVI/B vs. 24,600,000 who did not. Patients with SVI/B had a 13.3% [4,383] readmission rate within 30 days compared to 8.4% [2,033,329] without SVI/B. Compared to readmitted patients without SVI/B patients, those with SVI/B were older (mean [SD] age 64.4 [SD ± 19] vs. 61.4 [SD ± 20] years) and had more comorbidities (Charlson comorbidity score ≥ 3 79.2% [ 3,471] vs. 60.9% [1,238,299]). The mortality rate among patients readmitted with SVI/B was 5.38% [236] vs. 4.02% [81,740] for patients without SVI/B, p-value = 0.016. Top reasons for readmissions among patients with SVI/B included sepsis 12% [526], heart failure 10.5% [460)], acute renal failure 4.4% [193], complications due to type II diabetes mellitus 4.1% [178], and pneumonia 2.7% [118]. The mean length of stay for readmitted patients with SVI/B was 6.3 days (confidence interval [CI] 6.0-6.7 days), vs. 5.6 days for patients without SVI/B (CI 5.5-5.8 days), p-value < 0.01. The mean hospital charges for readmitted patients with SVI/B was $57,202 (CI $53,712-$61,292) vs. $51,582 (CI $49,966-$53,198), p-value < 0.01.CONCLUSION:
Patients with SVI/B had higher readmission rates and greater mortality on readmissions than those without SVI/B. Interventional studies for optimal discharge strategies are critically needed to improve clinical and resource utilization outcomes in patients with SVI/B.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Baixa Visão
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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Ophthalmol
Assunto da revista:
OFTALMOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos