Emergency Department Visits Before, After and During Integrated Home Care: A Time Series Analyses in Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Integrated home care (IHC) is one strategy to provide care to people with multiple chronic conditions, and it contributes to the reduction of unnecessary emergency department (ED) use, but there are conflicting results on its effectiveness. In this study, we assessed the frequency and characteristics of ED visits occurring before, during, and after IHC in a large cohort of IHC patients enrolled over 6 years.

Methods

The analysis included 39 822 IHC patients identified in Italian administrative databases. Patients were grouped in tertiles according to IHC duration (short, intermediate, and long) and the number of ED visits during IHC was compared to that the 12 months before IHC enrolment and in the 12 months after IHC discharge across IHC duration groups.

Resul

SUBMITTER: Campagna S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10105177 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature