Background: There has been a growing interest in measuring gait speed for assessing longterm mortality and risk for hospital readmission in different populations. Objective: We studied the association between a 10-meter gait speed test at hospital discharge and the risk for 30-and 90-day hospital readmission or death in a mixed population of patients hospitalized for emergency care.
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