Effect of single follow-up home visit on readmission in a group of frail elderly patients - a Danish randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unplanned hospital admissions are costly and prevention of these has been a focus for research for decades. With this study we aimed to determine whether discharge planning including a single follow-up home visit reduces readmission rate. The intervention is not representing a new method but contributes to the evidence concerning intensity of the intervention in this patient group.

Methods

This study was a centrally randomized single-center controlled trial comparing intervention to usual care with investigator-blinded outcome assessment. Patients above the age of 65 were discharged from a single Danish hospital during 2013-2014 serving a rural and low socioeconomic area. For intervention patients study and department nurses reviewed discharge planning the day bef

SUBMITTER: Lembeck MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6815031 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature