Patient experiences of a care transition intervention for Veterans to reduce emergency department visits.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Care transition interventions (CTIs) are used to improve outcomes after an emergency department (ED) visit. A recent randomized controlled trial of a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) CTI titled Discharge Information and Support for Patients receiving Outpatient care in the ED (DISPO ED) demonstrated no difference in repeat ED visits. However, changes in health care utilization are not the only measures of a CTI worth evaluation, and there is interest in using patient-centered outcomes to assess CTIs as well. To inform future CTI design and outcome measure selection, the study aims were to understand how patients experienced the CTI and what elements they valued.

Methods

This was a qualitative study of participants randomized to the intervention arm of the DISP

SUBMITTER: Seidenfeld J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10192007 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature