van Walraven et al reported the Hospital-patient One-year Mortality Risk (HOMR) for a predicting one year mortality for a hospitalized patient.
Patient selection: hospitalized patient
Parameters for part 1:
(1) sex
(2) ED visits
(3) home oxygen
(4) admission directly to the ICU
(5) number of admissions by ambulance
(6) urgent 30-day readmission
(7) living status
(8) admission urgency
Parameter |
Finding |
Points |
sex |
female |
0 |
|
male |
1 |
ED visits |
0 |
0 |
|
>= 1 |
1 |
home oxygen |
no |
0 |
|
yes |
4 |
admission to ICU |
no |
0 |
|
yes |
2 |
admissions by ambulance |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
3 |
|
2 |
4 |
|
>= 3 |
5 |
urgent 30-day readmission |
no |
0 |
|
yes |
1 |
Living Status |
Admission by Ambulance |
Points |
home independent |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
2 |
0 |
|
>= 3 |
0 |
rehabilitation facility |
0 |
3 |
|
1 |
3 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
>= 3 |
2 |
home with home care |
0 |
4 |
|
1 |
3 |
|
2 |
3 |
|
>= 3 |
3 |
nursing home |
0 |
4 |
|
1 |
4 |
|
2 |
4 |
|
>= 3 |
3 |
chronic care hospital |
0 |
8 |
|
1 |
6 |
|
2 |
5 |
|
>= 3 |
5 |
Admission urgency |
Admission by Ambulance |
Points |
elective |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
|
2 |
0 |
|
>= 3 |
0 |
ED no ambulance |
0 |
3 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
0 |
|
>= 3 |
0 |
ED by ambulance |
0 |
5 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
>= 3 |
0 |
total subscore =
= SUM(points for all of the parameters)
Interpretation:
• minimum subscore: 0
• maximum subscore: 22