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Caregiver Integration During Discharge Planning for Older Adults to Reduce Resource Use: A Metaanalysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Objectives To determine the effect of integrating informal caregivers into discharge planning on postdischarge cost and resource use in older adults. Design A systematic review and metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials that examine the effect of ...
Begg   +27 more
core   +3 more sources

Hospital Readmissions Among Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Gastroenterology, 2012
Early rehospitalizations have been well characterized in many disease states, but not among patients with cirrhosis. The aims of this study were to identify the frequency, costs, predictors, and preventable causes of hospital readmissions among patients with decompensated cirrhosis.Rates of readmission were calculated for 402 patients discharged after ...
Michael L, Volk   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Post Procedural Care of Patients Receiving Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage Catheter Placement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
A recent review of patients undergoing transhepatic biliary drainage catheter placement showed a 30-day readmission rate of 28%. New post-procedural processes were created to standardize the care of this patient population to decrease readmission rates ...
Almeda, Jennifer   +4 more
core   +1 more source

A Systems Thinking Approach to Redesigning the Patient Experience to Reduce 30 Day Hospital Readmission [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
INTRODUCTION The cost of medical care is spiraling out of control, and one of the many reasons is lack of preventative care, poor communication to the patient and primary caregiver(s) both in an inpatient and outpatient setting.
DePrince, RN, BA, CCRN, SCRN, Maureen   +6 more
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Drivers of readmissions in vascular surgery patients [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Vascular Surgery, 2016
Postoperative readmissions are frequent in vascular surgery patients, but it is not clear which factors are the main drivers of readmissions. Specifically, the relative contributions of patient comorbidities vs those of operative factors and postoperative complications are unknown. We sought to study the multiple potential drivers of readmission and to
Natalia O. Glebova   +7 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Outlines national health reform provisions to reduce readmissions by publishing readmission data, lowering Medicare payments to hospitals with high readmission rates, and pairing such hospitals with patient safety organizations.
Jane Hyatt Thorpe, Teresa Cascio
core  

Validation of the Registered Nurse Assessment of Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background Statistical models for predicting readmissions have been published for high-risk patient populations but typically focus on patient characteristics; nurse judgment is rarely considered in a formalized way to supplement prediction models ...
Bobay, Kathleen L.   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

The Impact of Native Language Status on the Frequency of Heart Failure Readmissions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Introduction. Heart failure readmissions are costly and lead to poor health outcomes. The efficacy of discharge instructions or other outpatient interventions may be affected by patient’s primary language status.
Blazek, Cooper, Katzianer, MD, Dave
core   +1 more source

Randomised controlled trial of specialist nurse intervention in heart failure [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
<p>Objectives. To determine whether specialist nurse intervention improves outcome in patients with chronic heart failure.</p> <p>Design. Randomised controlled trial.</p> <p>Setting.
Blue, L.   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

U.S. Pediatric Burn Patient 30-Day Readmissions [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Burn Care & Research, 2017
The objectives of the study were to determine unscheduled 30-day readmission rates for pediatric burn patients and to identify readmission reasons. We used the 2013-2014 National Readmission Database to produce 30-day all-cause unscheduled readmission rates by patient and hospital characteristics.
Krista K, Wheeler   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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