Assessing How Hospital Readmission are Affected by Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity and Therapy Compliance

Abstract

Hospital readmissions are an important quality metric reported to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Previous work from our group found that the presence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) correlates with increased risk of hospital readmission within 30 days. This project seeks to characterize the relationship between readmissions and the severity and treatment of OSA. A better understanding of this relationship could potentially be utilized to develop preventative measures and reduce readmission.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 03, 2017
Accession Number
AD1037279

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  • Gregory R Dion
  • Matthew S. Brock
  • Nicholas Scalzitti
  • Peter O'connor
  • Skyler Nielsen

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