RISK OF READMISSION TO HOSPITAL FOR PEDIATRIC ASTHMA

To describe risk for hospital readmission for pediatric asthma occurri ng within 12 months of index hospital admission, we reviewed the medic al records of all pediatric (age < 15 years) patients admitted for ast hma to the Kaiser Foundation Hospital (KFH), Hayward, California, betw een September 30, 1991 and lune 30, 1993. Patients aged < 5 years or w ho had a history of prior hospital admission were at high risk for hos pital readmission within 12 months of the index admission. A single-se ssion asthma class did not reduce risk for hospital readmission.