A number of risk factors may contribute to hospital readmission for a patient with critical limb ischemia.
Patient selection: admission for critical limb ischemia
Outcome: 6-month unplanned readmission rate
Risk factors for unplanned readmission within 6 months:
(1) older age (use >= 65 years, Table 5)
(2) female sex
(3) Black or Hispanic race
(4) prior amputation
(5) emergency admission
(6) Charlson comorbidity score
(7) need for home health care or rehabilitation facility at discharge
(8) long travel time to the hospital
(9) not having private insurance
(10) longer length of stay during index hospitalization
The risk of unplanned readmission increases with the number of risk factors present.
