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Background
Stratifying patients according to 15‐day readmission risk would be useful in identifying those who may benefit from targeted interventions during and/or following hospital discharge that are designed to reduce the likelihood of readmission.
Methods
A prediction model was derived via a case–control analysis of patients discharged from a tertiary hospital in Singapore using multivariate...