The care transitions innovation (C-TraIn) for socioeconomically disadvantaged adults: results of a cluster randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite growing emphasis on transitional care to reduce costs and improve quality, few studies have examined transitional care improvements in socioeconomically disadvantaged adults. It is important to consider these patients separately as many are high-utilizers, have different needs, and may have different responses to interventions.

Objective

To evaluate the impact of a multicomponent transitional care improvement program on 30-day readmissions, emergency department (ED) use, transitional care quality, and mortality.

Design

Clustered randomized controlled trial conducted at a single urban academic medical center in Portland, Oregon.

Participants

Three hundred eighty-two hospitalized low-income adults admitted to general medicine or cardiology who

SUBMITTER: Englander H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4238212 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature