Older people are at high risk of functional decline following hospitalization. On admission, a simple instrument can easily identify these patients, even though the performance of this instrument is moderate.

In a medicalized population of older people, several risk factors may be identified for 0-1 month and 2-3 month readmission. Besides severe morbidities at discharge, diagnoses and previous hospitalization, pre-admission IADL was an independent risk factor for 2-3 month readmission.

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