Medical Student Research Forum Posters

• Approximately two million hospital readmissions occur annually and cost Medicare nearly $26 billion dollars.

• The Neuro R 2 score was designed by the Mayo Clinic to predict the risk of readmission within 30 days of recent hospitalization in patients with neurological disorders and based on common clinical characteristics.

• It remains unknown whether the prediction model is broadly applicable, particularly when incorporating patient characteristics strongly associated with healthcare disparities.