Rehospitalization of older adults discharged to home hospice care.

Background: Acute hospital readmission of older adults receiving hospice care is not aligned with hospice goals.

Objective: To identify factors associated with 30-day readmission among older adults newly discharged to hospice.

Design/subjects: Medical record review of 59 patients, 19 readmitted within 30 days and 40 randomly selected controls not readmitted, from 206 patients newly discharged to home hospice care between February 1, 2005 and January 31, 2010.