A Phone Call 1 Week Following Hospital Discharge Can Decrease Readmissions
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Randomised controlled pragmatic clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of a discharge follow-up phone call on 30-day hospital readmissions: balancing pragmatic and explanatory design considerations
INTRODUCTION Hospital readmissions within 30 days are a healthcare quality problem associated with increased costs and poor health outcomes. Identifying interventions to improve patients' successful transition from inpatient to outpatient care is a continued challenge. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This is a single-centre pragmatic randomised and controlled clinical trial examining the effectiveness o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Vascular Surgery
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0741-5214
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2015.04.138