Background: Hospital readmissions are common, detrimental for patients and associated with significant costs for the healthcare system. The aim of this study was to evaluate Charlson, Charlson age, simplified HOSPITAL and LACE score in 30-day non-elective readmission prediction at a Brazilian tertiary care teaching public hospital in Southern Brazil. Methods: Retrospective cohort study including all [...]

Background: Hospital readmissions are common, detrimental for patients and associated with significant costs for the healthcare system. The aim of this study was to evaluate simplified HOSPITAL score (Aubert et al, 2017) in 30-day non-elective readmission prediction at a Brazilian tertiary care teaching public hospital in Southern Brazil. Methods: Retrospective cohort study including all hospital [...]