Validation of Risk Score in Predicting Early Readmissions in Decompensated Cirrhotic Patients: A Model Based on the Administrative Database
Khalid Mumtaz, Abdulfatah Issak, Kyle Porter, Sean Kelly, James Hanje, Anthony J. Michaels, Lanla F. Conteh, Ashraf El‐Hinnawi, Sylvester M. Black, Marwan S. Abougergi – 15 September 2018 – Early readmission in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis leads to an enormous burden on health care use. A retrospective cohort study using the 2013 and 2014 Nationwide Readmission Database (NRD) was conducted. Patients with a diagnoses of cirrhosis and at least one feature of decompensation were included. The primary outcome was to develop a validated risk model for early readmission.