The effect of clinical interventions on hospital readmissions: a meta-review of published meta-analyses.

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Background

The economic impact and ease of measurement of all-cause hospital readmission rates (HRR) have led to the current debate as to whether they are reducible, and whether they should be used as a publicly reported quality indicators of medical care.

Objective

To assess the efficacy of broad clinical interventions in preventing HRR of patients with chronic diseases

Method

A meta-review of published systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of clinical interventions that have included HRR among the patients' outcomes of interest.

Main findings

Meta-analyses of RCTs have consistently found that, in the community, disease management programs significantly reduced HRR in patients with heart failure, coronary heart disease an

SUBMITTER: Benbassat J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3557155 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature