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> I haven't found much evidence that leaving against Dr advisement matters all that much for predicting readmission maybe cos they're dead
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
> I haven't found much evidence that leaving against Dr advisement matters all that much for predicting readmission
maybe cos they're dead
- apwheele 3y agoSo although tongue-in-cheek, it is an interesting question when dealing with medical records data (in particular I deal with insurance claims data in the US). So to be clear, I know the person is alive when discharged (there is a code for death, as well as to hospice for example, in which you don't want to look at readmission either). So a scenario in which someone is discharged, has a follow up heart attack, goes to ER and dies I would observe. The case the person dies and does not go to the hospital though I would not observe (no follow up insurance claim). The latter scenario certainly happens -- how often it happens and how much it would bias my estimate in this case I am not sure.