Association between inpatient palliative care encounter and 30-day all-cause readmissions after index hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Publication/Presentation Date
11-18-2022
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Studies exist on the association between inpatient Palliative Care Encounter (iPCE) and 30-day rehospitalization among cancer and several non-cancer conditions but limited in persons with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between an iPCE with the risk of 30-day rehospitalization after an index hospitalization for COPD.
METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the Nationwide Readmissions Database (2010-2014). Index hospitalizations were defined as persons ≥ 18 years of age, discharge destinations of either Home/Routine, Home with Home Care, or a Facility, and an index hospitalization with Diagnosis Related Group of COPD. The International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision codes were used to extract comorbidities and a Palliative Care Encounter (V66.7).
RESULTS: There were 3,163,889 index hospitalizations and iPCE occurred in 21,330 (0.67%). There were 558,059 (17.63%) with a 30-day rehospitalization. An iPCE was associated with a significantly lower adjusted odds of 30-day readmission (Odds Ratio [OR], 0.50; 95% Confidence Interval [CI], 0.46 to 0.54). By discharge destination, the odds of 30-day rehospitalization were for a discharged to a facility (OR, 0.37; 95% CI, 0.32 to 0.42), to home with home health (OR, 0.42; 95% CI, 0.37 to 0.47), and to home (OR, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.85 to 1.12) for those with relative to without iPCE.
CONCLUSION: Inpatient PCE was associated with a 50% lower relative odds of 30-day rehospitalization after an index hospitalization for COPD. This association varied by discharge destination being statistically significant among those with a discharge destination of a facility (63%) and home with home care (58%).
Volume
58
First Page
69
Last Page
73
ISSN
1527-3288
Published In/Presented At
Yazdanyar, A., Vojtek, A., Gupta, S., Iyer, A., Kears, A. C., Musco, K., Li, S., & Jarjous, S. (2022). Association between inpatient palliative care encounter and 30-day all-cause readmissions after index hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Heart & lung : the journal of critical care, 58, 69–73. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2022.11.003
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
36410155
Department(s)
Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine Fellows and Residents
Document Type
Article