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Title: Applicability of a previously validated readmission predictive index in medical patients in Singapore: A retrospective study
Authors: Tan, S.Y 
Low, L.L
Yang, Y 
Lee, K.H 
Keywords: aged
article
comorbidity
female
hospital readmission
human
length of stay
male
middle aged
reproducibility
retrospective study
risk factor
severity of illness index
Singapore
statistics
Aged
Comorbidity
Female
Humans
Length of Stay
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Readmission
Reproducibility of Results
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Severity of Illness Index
Singapore
Issue Date: 2013
Citation: Tan, S.Y, Low, L.L, Yang, Y, Lee, K.H (2013). Applicability of a previously validated readmission predictive index in medical patients in Singapore: A retrospective study. BMC Health Services Research 13 (1) : 366. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-366
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
Abstract: Background: Hospital readmissions are serious and costly events, and readmission rates are considered to be an indicator of quality in health care management. Several models to identify patients at risk of unplanned readmissions have been developed in Western countries, but little is known about their performance in other countries. This paper reports the possible utility of one such model developed in Canada, the LACE index, in patients in a tertiary hospital in Singapore. Methods. We used administrative data from Singapore General Hospital for patients admitted between 1st January 2006 and 31st December 2010. Data such as demographic and clinical data including disease codes were extracted. The patient cohort was divided into two groups with a LACE index of 10 as the cutoff. Multivariate logistic regression analysis models were used to compare the outcomes between the two groups of patients with adjustment for age, sex, ethnicity, year of discharge, intensive care unit admission, and admission ward class. Results: Overall, 127 550 patients were eligible for analysis. Patients with a LACE index ? 10 had a higher risk of 30-day unplanned readmission after index discharge (odds ratio [OR]: 4.37; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.18-4.57). After adjustment, the risk remained significant (OR: 4.88; 95% CI: CI 4.57-5.22). The C-statistic for the adjusted model was 0.70 (P < 0.001). Similar results were shown for 90-day unplanned readmission and emergency visits after the same adjustment. Conclusion: The use of the LACE index may have significant application in identifying medical patients at high risk of readmission and visits to the Emergency Department in Singapore. © 2013 Tan et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Source Title: BMC Health Services Research
URI: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/181555
ISSN: 14726963
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-366
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
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