Teach-Back Experience and Hospitalization Risk Among Patients with Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions: a Matched Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The teach-back method, also known as the "show-me" method, has been endorsed by many medical and health care societies. However, limited investigation has been conducted regarding its association with patient outcomes.

Objectives

To examine the association between patient teach-back experience and the risk of hospitalizations and length of hospital stay among patients with ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs).

Design

A matched cohort study.

Setting

Data from the 2011-2015 Longitudinal Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (panels 16-19).

Participants

Three thousand nine hundred ninety-four US adults aged ≥ 18 years with any of 5 ACSCs (hypertension, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD]).

SUBMITTER: Hong YR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6816654 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature