Which Readmissions May Be Preventable? Lessons Learned From a Posthospitalization Care Transitions Program for High-risk Elders.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Care transitions programs have been shown to reduce hospital readmissions. OBJECTIVES:The main objective of this study was to evaluate effects of the Mayo Clinic Care Transitions (MCCTs) Program on potentially preventable and nonpreventable 30-day unplanned readmissions among high-risk elders. RESEARCH DESIGN:This was a retrospective cohort study of patients enrolled in MCCT following hospitalization and propensity score-matched controls receiving usual primary care. SUBJECTS:The subjects were primary care patients, who were 60 years or older, at high-risk for readmission, and hospitalized for any cause between January 1, 2011 and June 30, 2013. MEASURES:Hospital readmission within 30 days. The 3M algorithm was used to identify potentially preventable readmissions. Readmissions

SUBMITTER: McCoy RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6050026 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature