Postdischarge Nurse Home Visits and Reuse: The Hospital to Home Outcomes (H2O) Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital discharge is stressful for children and families. Poor transitional care is linked to unplanned health care reuse. We evaluated the effects of a pediatric transition intervention, specifically a single nurse home visit, on postdischarge outcomes in a randomized controlled trial.

Methods

We randomly assigned 1500 children hospitalized on hospital medicine, neurology services, or neurosurgery services to receive either a single postdischarge nurse-led home visit or no visit. We excluded children discharged with skilled home nursing services. Primary outcomes included 30-day unplanned, urgent health care reuse (composite measure of unplanned readmission, emergency department, or urgent care visit). Secondary outcomes, measured at 14 days, included postdischa

SUBMITTER: Auger KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12747583 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature