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Nontherapeutic INR After Hospital Discharge: A Repeated-Measures Analysis of Warfarin-Treated Patients and Potential Drug–Drug Interactions [PDF]

Clinics and Practice
Background: Warfarin remains widely used in specific clinical situations. Its management is complicated by multiple factors that affect anticoagulant response, particularly during the early period after hospital discharge.
Kanthida Methaset, Pattamawan Kosuma, Arom Jedsadayanmata   +2 more
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Prospective study of predictors of continuous smoking abstinence after hospital discharge [PDF]

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
Introduction Smoking after discharge from the hospital increases the risk of adverse health outcomes such as unplanned hospital readmissions. This prospective study explores predictors of self-reported continuous smoking abstinence in adult patients 6 ...
Avery Roberson, Kinsey Pebley, K. Michael Cummings, Vincent Talbot, Asia A. Bliss, Stephanie Stansell, Benjamin A. Toll   +6 more
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Tackling the readmission epidemic: a resident teaching service perspective [PDF]

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2013
Background: Readmission rates are projected to serve as quality measures that have the potential to negatively impact hospital and physician reimbursement. Individual physicians and hospitals are developing plans to reduce readmission rates.
Ravi K. Sharma, Pradeep Dhakarwal, Janelle Violago, Robin Bhasin, Ibrahim Ghobrial   +4 more
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Peer support for discharge from inpatient to community mental health care: the ENRICH research programme

Programme Grants for Applied Research, 2023
Background Rates of readmission are high following discharge from psychiatric inpatient care. Evidence suggests that transitional interventions incorporating peer support might improve outcomes. Peer support is rapidly being introduced into mental health
Steve Gillard, Rhiannon Foster, Sarah White, Andrew Healey, Stephen Bremner, Sarah Gibson, Lucy Goldsmith, Mike Lucock, Jacqueline Marks, Rosaleen Morshead, Akshaykumar Patel, Shalini Patel, Julie Repper, Miles Rinaldi, Alan Simpson, Michael Ussher, Jessica Worner, Stefan Priebe   +17 more
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Health Issues and Immunological Assessment Related to Wuhan's COVID-19 Survivors: A Multicenter Follow-Up Study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Background: Currently, a large number of hospitalized coronavirus infectious disease-2019 (COVID-19) patients have met the clinical discharge criteria and have been discharged.
Qi Mei, Fei Wang, Yang Yang, Guangyuan Hu, Suihuai Guo, Qing Zhang, Amy Bryant, Lingjie Zhang, Christian Kurts, Li Wei, Xianglin Yuan, Jian Li   +11 more
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Readmission after index hospital discharge among patients with COVID‐19: Protocol for a systematic review and meta‐analysis

Health Science Reports, 2021
Background and Aims Hospital readmissions among COVID‐19 patients have increased the load on the healthcare systems and added more pressure to hospital capacity.
Abdulwahab AlSayegh, Adnan A Gassan, Ram C. Bajpai, Sara Muller, Victoria Welsh, Chun Shing Kwok, Christian D. Mallen   +6 more
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Machine Learning for Postoperative Continuous Recovery Scores of Oncology Patients in Perioperative Care with Data from Wearables

Sensors, 2023
Assessing post-operative recovery is a significant component of perioperative care, since this assessment might facilitate detecting complications and determining an appropriate discharge date.
Meike A. C. van den Eijnden, Jonna A. van der Stam, R. Arthur Bouwman, Eveline H. J. Mestrom, Wim F. J. Verhaegh, Natal A. W. van Riel, Lieke G. E. Cox   +6 more
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Discharge processes and medicines communication from the patient perspective: A qualitative study at an internal medicines ward in Norway

Health Expectations, 2021
Background Patients are expected to participate in the hospital discharge process, assume self‐management after discharge and communicate relevant information to their general practitioner; however, patients report that they are not being sufficiently ...
Stine Eidhammer Rognan, Sofia Kälvemark Sporrong, Kajsa Bengtsson, Helene Berg Lie, Yvonne Andersson, Morten Mowé, Liv Mathiesen   +6 more
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Social and Regional Factors Predict the Likelihood of Admission to a Nursing Home After Acute Hospital Stay in Older People With Chronic Health Conditions: A Multilevel Analysis Using Routinely Collected Hospital and Census Data in Switzerland

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
If hospitalization becomes inevitable in the course of a chronic disease, discharge from acute hospital care in older persons is often associated with temporary or persistent frailty, functional limitations and the need for help with daily activities ...
Nicole Bachmann, Andrea Zumbrunn, Lucy Bayer-Oglesby   +2 more
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Improving care transfers for homeless patients after hospital discharge: a realist evaluation

Health Services and Delivery Research, 2021
Background: In 2013, 70% of people who were homeless on admission to hospital were discharged back to the street without having their care and support needs addressed.
Michelle Cornes, Robert W Aldridge, Elizabeth Biswell, Richard Byng, Michael Clark, Graham Foster, James Fuller, Andrew Hayward, Nigel Hewett, Alan Kilmister, Jill Manthorpe, Joanne Neale, Michela Tinelli, Martin Whiteford   +13 more
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