Hospital Admission and Discharge: Lessons Learned from a Large Programme in Southwest Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In the context of a GP-based care programme, we implemented an admission, discharge and follow-up programme.

Description

The VESPEERA programme consists of three sets of components: pre-admission interventions, in-hospital interventions and post-discharge interventions. It was aimed at all patients with a hospital stay participating in the GP-based care programme and was implemented in 7 hospitals and 72 general practices in southwest Germany using a range of strategies. Its' effectiveness was evaluated using readmissions within 90 days after discharge as primary outcome. Questionnaires with staff were used to explore the implementation process.

Discussion

A statistically significant effect was not found, but the effect size was similar to other intervent

SUBMITTER: Forstner J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9881439 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature