Discharge Information and Support for Patients Discharged from the Emergency Department: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little research has been done on primary care-based models to improve health care use after an emergency department (ED) visit.

Objective

To examine the effectiveness of a primary care-based, nurse telephone support intervention for Veterans treated and released from the ED.

Design

Randomized controlled trial with 1:1 assignment to telephone support intervention or usual care arms (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01717976).

Setting

Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System (VAHCS) in Durham, NC.

Participants

Five hundred thirteen Veterans who were at high risk for repeat ED visits.

Intervention

The telephone support intervention consisted of two core calls in the week following an ED visit. Call content focused on improving the ED to pri

SUBMITTER: Hastings SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6957582 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature