Impact of an interprofessional transition of care service on 30-day hospital reutilizations
| Autor: | Laura Pontiggia, David Grande, Shelley Otsuka, Susan C. Day, Jennifer N Smith, Radha V. Patel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Adult
Male Interprofessional Relations Patient Readmission Medication Adherence 03 medical and health sciences Medication Reconciliation Sex Factors 0302 clinical medicine Ambulatory care medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Aged Retrospective Studies Patient Care Team Service (business) Academic Medical Centers 030504 nursing business.industry Age Factors General Medicine Continuity of Patient Care Middle Aged medicine.disease Patient Discharge Telephone Socioeconomic Factors Female Day hospital Medical emergency 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Interprofessional Care. 33:32-37 |
| ISSN: | 1469-9567 1356-1820 |
| Popis: | The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of an interprofessional Transitions of Care (TOC) service on 30-day hospital reutilization inclusive of hospital readmissions and ED visits. This was a retrospective cohort study including patients discharged from an academic medical center between September 2013 and October 2014. Patients scheduled for a hospital follow-up visit in the post-acute care clinic (PACC) were included in the intervention group and patients without a post-discharge interprofessional TOC service were included in the comparison group. The intervention included a hospital follow-up visit with an interprofessional healthcare team. The primary composite outcome was hospital reutilization, defined as a hospital readmission or ED visit within 30 days of the discharge date. Overall, 330 patients were included in each group. In the intention-to-treat analysis, the primary composite outcome was not significantly different between groups (16.97% vs. 19.39% |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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