Association of unplanned hospitalizations after chemotherapy with disease specific survival in a racially ethnically diverse population of women with epithelial ovarian cancer.

e17517Background: Unplanned hospital admission following chemotherapy is a measure of quality cancer care. Large retrospective datasets have shown admission rates of 10-35% for women with ovarian cancer receiving chemotherapy. We sought to evaluate the prevalence and associated risk factors for hospital admission following chemotherapy in our racially diverse urban population. Methods: After IRB approval, clinicopathologic and treatment data were abstracted from all patients with epithelial ovarian cancer who received chemotherapy at our institution from 2005-2016. Two-sided statistical analyses and Cox regression analysis were performed using Results: Of 217 evaluable patients, 87 (40%) had unplanned admissions following chemotherapy: adjuvant 64 (74%) and neoadjuvant 23(26%). Thirty (14%) had more than one admission. In total, there were 1314 days of hospitalization. The median readmission duration was 3 days Body mass index and hypertension were predictive of readmission (p < 0.05). When comparing thos...