An Advanced Practice Practitioner-Based Program to Reduce 30- and 90-Day Readmissions After Liver Transplantation.

ABSTRACT: Hospital readmissions after liver transplantation (LT) are common and associated with increased morbidity and cost. High readmission rates at our center motivated a change in practice with adoption of a nurse practitioner (NP)-based posttransplant care program. We sought to determine if this program was effective in reducing 30- and 90-day readmissions after LT and to identify variables associated with readmission. We performed a retrospective cohort study of all patients undergoing LT from July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2017, at a tertiary LT referral center. A NP-based posttransplant care program with weekend in-house nurse coordination providers and increased outpatient NP clinic availability was instituted on January 1, 2016. Postdischarge readmission rates at 30 and 90 days were compared i

SUBMITTER: Mahmud N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6548546 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature