TY - JOUR
T1 - Patients undergoing total laryngectomy
T2 - An at-risk population for 30-day unplanned readmission
AU - Graboyes, Evan M.
AU - Yang, Zao
AU - Kallogjeri, Dorina
AU - Diaz, Jason A.
AU - Nussenbaum, Brian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2014/12/1
Y1 - 2014/12/1
N2 - IMPORTANCE: Patients undergoing total laryngectomy are at high risk for hospital readmission. Hospital readmissions are increasingly scrutinized because they are used as a metric of quality care and are subject to financial penalties. OBJECTIVE: To determine the rate of, reasons for, and risk factors that predict 30-day unplanned readmission for patients undergoing total laryngectomy. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS: Retrospective cohort study at a single academic tertiary referral medical center. The study population comprised 155 patients who underwent total laryngectomy with or without flap closure between January 2007 and December 2012 as either a primary treatment or salvage treatment for prior nonsurgical management. INTERVENTIONS: Total laryngectomy. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Rate of 30-day unplanned readmission, readmission diagnoses, and risk factors for unplanned readmission. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression were performed to identify risk factors for unplanned readmission within 30 days of discharge. RESULTS: The 30-day unplanned readmission rate for patients following discharge after total laryngectomy was 26.5%(41 of 155). The most common readmission diagnoses were pharyngocutaneous fistula (27%of readmissions; n = 11) and stomal cellulitis (16%of readmissions; n = 7). The median time to unplanned readmission was 7 days. Thirty-four percent of readmissions (14 of 41) occurred within 3 days of discharge. Significant predictors of 30-day unplanned readmission on multivariable analysis were postoperative complication after discharge (odds ratio [OR], 11.50; 95%CI, 4.10-32.28), visit to the emergency department within 30 days after discharge (OR, 5.25; 95%CI, 1.84-14.99), salvage total laryngectomy (OR, 3.52; 95%CI, 1.56-13.12), and chyle fistula during the index hospitalization (OR, 5.25; 95%CI, 0.86-29.92). The discriminative ability of the model to predict unplanned readmission, as measured by the C statistic, was 0.88. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Patients undergoing total laryngectomy are an at-risk patient population with a high rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days of discharge. By identifying the risk factors that predict 30-day unplanned readmission, these data can be used to design and implement quality-improvement interventions to decrease readmissions.
AB - IMPORTANCE: Patients undergoing total laryngectomy are at high risk for hospital readmission. Hospital readmissions are increasingly scrutinized because they are used as a metric of quality care and are subject to financial penalties. OBJECTIVE: To determine the rate of, reasons for, and risk factors that predict 30-day unplanned readmission for patients undergoing total laryngectomy. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS: Retrospective cohort study at a single academic tertiary referral medical center. The study population comprised 155 patients who underwent total laryngectomy with or without flap closure between January 2007 and December 2012 as either a primary treatment or salvage treatment for prior nonsurgical management. INTERVENTIONS: Total laryngectomy. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Rate of 30-day unplanned readmission, readmission diagnoses, and risk factors for unplanned readmission. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression were performed to identify risk factors for unplanned readmission within 30 days of discharge. RESULTS: The 30-day unplanned readmission rate for patients following discharge after total laryngectomy was 26.5%(41 of 155). The most common readmission diagnoses were pharyngocutaneous fistula (27%of readmissions; n = 11) and stomal cellulitis (16%of readmissions; n = 7). The median time to unplanned readmission was 7 days. Thirty-four percent of readmissions (14 of 41) occurred within 3 days of discharge. Significant predictors of 30-day unplanned readmission on multivariable analysis were postoperative complication after discharge (odds ratio [OR], 11.50; 95%CI, 4.10-32.28), visit to the emergency department within 30 days after discharge (OR, 5.25; 95%CI, 1.84-14.99), salvage total laryngectomy (OR, 3.52; 95%CI, 1.56-13.12), and chyle fistula during the index hospitalization (OR, 5.25; 95%CI, 0.86-29.92). The discriminative ability of the model to predict unplanned readmission, as measured by the C statistic, was 0.88. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Patients undergoing total laryngectomy are an at-risk patient population with a high rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days of discharge. By identifying the risk factors that predict 30-day unplanned readmission, these data can be used to design and implement quality-improvement interventions to decrease readmissions.
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U2 - 10.1001/jamaoto.2014.1705
DO - 10.1001/jamaoto.2014.1705
M3 - Article
C2 - 25144379
AN - SCOPUS:84919754097
SN - 2168-6181
VL - 140
SP - 1157
EP - 1165
JO - JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
JF - JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
IS - 12
ER -