The association of post-discharge adverse events with timely follow-up visits after hospital discharge.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There has been little research to examine the association of post-discharge adverse events (AEs) with timely follow-up visits after hospital discharge. We aimed to examine whether having a timely follow-up outpatient visit would reduce the risk for post-discharge AEs.

Methods

This was a methods study of patients at risk for post-discharge AEs from December 2011 through October 2012. Five hundred and forty-five patients who were under the care of hospitalist physicians and were discharged home from a community hospital, spoke English, and could be contacted after discharge were evaluated. The aim of the study was to examine the association of post-discharge AEs with timely follow-up visits after hospital discharge based on structured telephone interviews, health rec

SUBMITTER: Tsilimingras D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5552135 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature