Measures of Global Health Status on Dialysis Signal Early Rehospitalization Risk after Kidney Transplantation

Meera N Harhay, Alexander S Hill, Wei Wang, Orit Even-Shoshan, Adam S Mussell, Roy D Bloom, Harold I Feldman, Jason H Karlawish, Jeffrey H Silber and Peter P Reese

PLOS ONE, 2016, vol. 11, issue 6, 1-20

Abstract: Background: Early rehospitalization ( 1 pre-KT hospitalizations (aOR 1.32, 95% CI 1.17–1.49) were more likely to be rehospitalized. All three health status metrics and early rehospitalization were independently associated with post-KT mortality in a multivariable Cox model (adjusted hazard ratio for rehospitalization: 1.41, 95% CI 1.28–1.56) Conclusions: Pre-transplant metrics of health status, measured by dialysis providers or administrative data, are independently associated with early rehospitalization and mortality risk after KT. Transplant providers may consider utilizing metrics of pre-KT global health status as early signals of vulnerability when transitioning care after KT.

Date: 2016
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