Risk factor assessment of hospice patients who are readmitted within 7 days of acute care hospital discharge.

121 Background: Although 20% of adults 65 and older are re-hospitalized within 30 days of discharge, there is a dearth of research investigating readmission of patients discharged to hospice and the predictors of the readmissions. The study aim was to identify risk factors for hospital readmission within 7 days of discharge to home hospice. Methods: This was a retrospective case control study with cases being patients discharged to home hospice that were readmitted to the hospital within 7 days. Controls were patients discharged to home hospice and not readmitted to the hospital within 7 days. Descriptive statistics were used to describe demographic and clinical characteristics. The chi-square or Fisher’s Exact test were used to compare categorical predictors between cases and controls. The two-sample t-test or the Mann-Whitney test were used to compare continuous predictors between cases and controls. Results: There were 163 subjects; 46 cases (28.22%) and 117 controls (71.78%). The most frequent hospita...