Tennison JM, Rianon NJ, Manzano JG, et al. - Researchers investigated the 30-day hospital readmission rate for patients with cancer who were discharged to home setting after acute inpatient rehabilitation. In addition, they sought for reasons, and risk factors for the same. A secondary retrospective analysis was performed of participants in a completed prospective survey study that examined the continuity of care and functional safety concerns upon discharge and 30 days after discharge in adults. The 30-day readmission rate was 21% among these adult patients; this readmission rate was noted to be higher than that reported for other rehabilitation populations but within the range described for patients with cancer who did not undergo acute inpatient rehabilitation. Reasons for readmissions include: infection, neoplasm, neurological, gastrointestinal disorder, renal failure, acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, fracture, hematuria, wound, nephrolithiasis, hypervolemia, and pain. In multivariate logistic regression modeling, they identified 30-day readmission in independent correlation with having a lower locomotion score at discharge, having an increased number of medications at discharge, and having a lower hemoglobin at discharge.