Hospitalization

Clinical notes and public records were shown to improve a machine-learning model’s prediction of suicide after psychiatric hospitalization, researchers wrote in JAMA Psychiatry.

Expanded Medicaid coverage was associated with a reduction in postpartum hospitalizations in the 6 months — particularly in the first 60 days — after delivery, according to data published in Health Affairs.

Prior metformin use was associated with better survival rates among people with diabetes within 3 months of being hospitalized with pneumonia, a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases found.

Compared with placebo, convalescent plasma with neutralizing

The absolute vaccine effectiveness of a recent first booster dose of COVID-19 messenger RNA vaccine against COVID-associated hospitalization is 81% compared with 46% for the primary series alone, researchers found.

A single dose of the Jynneos mpox vaccine reduces hospitalization risk and disease severity, a study found, although researchers emphasized that people at risk for the disease should complete the two-dose vaccine series.

Factors for risk for rehospitalization for those with psychiatric disorders included suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, previous hospitalization and longer stay in hospital, according to a study published in BMC Psychiatry.

The risk for severe disease or death among U.S. adults with COVID-19 was highest for unvaccinated inpatients and those infected with the delta variant, according to a recent study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Real-world data on Paxlovid showed it was associated with a reduced risk for hospitalization or death in outpatients with early COVID-19 “in the context of high vaccination prevalence and an intense omicron epidemic,” researchers reported.

Researchers of a study in Kidney Medicine recommend the Dialysis Facility Report use a new nursing home metric that separates short-term from long-term care in order to provide more interpretable results for dialysis stakeholders.