Assessment of Hospital Readmission Rates, Risk Factors, and Causes After Cardiac Arrest: Analysis of the US Nationwide Readmissions Database

Ilhwan Yeo; Jim W Cheung; Dmitriy N Feldman; Nivee Amin; John Chae; S Chiu Wong; Luke K Kim

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.12208

Assessment of Hospital Readmission Rates, Risk Factors, and Causes After Cardiac Arrest: Analysis of the US Nationwide Readmissions Database

JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Sep 4;2(9):e1912208. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.12208.

Authors

Ilhwan Yeo¹, Jim W Cheung², Dmitriy N Feldman², Nivee Amin², John Chae³, S Chiu Wong², Luke K Kim²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York.
² Weill Cornell Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Group, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York.
³ Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York.

Abstract

This cohort study investigates the rate, timing, and causes of hospital readmission after cardiac arrest and the risk factors associated with readmission.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Cohort Studies
Databases, Factual
Female
Heart Arrest / epidemiology*
Heart Arrest / therapy
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Readmission / statistics & numerical data*
Risk Factors
Survivors / statistics & numerical data*
United States / epidemiology