Black Americans With Diabetes Face Higher Hospital Readmission Rates

Certain clinical and demographic factors predicted 30-day hospital readmissions for adults with diabetes, researchers reported.

In a retrospective cohort analysis of over 270,000 Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, racial and ethnic differences seemed to prevail as factors significantly associated with risk for hospital readmission, reported Rene Rodriguez-Gutierrez, MD, MSc, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and colleagues in JAMA Network Open.