642 – Applications
ED Discharge with Pneumonia: Factors Associated with Rehospitalization Rehospitalization
Zehua Liu
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
Shunsuke Ito
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
Madeline Vossbrinck
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
Raymond Gregory
HHC
Van Dunn
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
Ronald B. Low
HHC
Objectives: To identify factors which put ED patients at increased risk for failing outpatient pneumonia therapy. Methods: Logistic regression models are used to model the odds that a patient was discharged from the ED with a pneumonia diagnosis, and readmitted as an inpatient within 30 days. Possible covariates considered are age, a prior suspected co-morbidity (asthma, COPD, hypertension, etc.) and medication (beta blocker, beta agonist, ARBs, ACE inhibitors, etc.). Inclusion criteria included: p-value, AIC and Goodness-of-Fit test. Results: Among 2967 patients, 2851 were not admitted as an inpatient after an ED discharge; 116 were admitted at least once. Medications were found to have significant relationship to ED readmission, include: beta blocker, beta agonist, ARB, diuretics and Ca channel blockers. Gender, age, and co-morbidities did not have a significant relationship. AUC of the final model is .643. Conclusions: In this population of ED pneumonia patients discharged home, most medications used to treat asthma and hypertension were associated with increased odds of return and inpatient admission.