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Preventing Hospital Readmission for Patients With Comorbid Substance Use Disorder
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2021BACKGROUND Hospitalized patients with comorbid substance use disorders (SUDs) are at high risk for poor outcomes, including readmission and emergency department (ED) use.
J. Gryczynski +5 more
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Government warned about penalties for patient readmission.
Emergency Nurse, 2011GOVERNMENT PLANS to impose financial penalties on acute trusts that readmit patients within 30 days of their hospital stays or operations could prove costly and be detrimental to patient care, a report has warned.
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Hospital Readmissions in Hospice Patients: Evaluation of Medication-Related Causes for Readmission
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, 2020Context: Hospital readmissions, frequent medication changes, and polypharmacy are common issues for hospice patients. It is important to consider if close monitoring of medications by pharmacists could help these patients avoid hospital readmissions. Objective: The objectives of this study were to determine the incidence and types of medication-related
Joanna DeAngelis, Maria Felton Lowry
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Patients' Perspectives on Reasons for Unplanned Readmissions
Journal for Healthcare Quality, 2019ABSTRACT Massachusetts has one of the highest rates of 30-day readmissions in the country. To identify patient-reported factors that may contribute to readmissions, we conducted semi-structured interviews with patients with unplanned readmissions within 30 days of inpatient discharge from the medicine services at an urban medical center ...
Jana C Leary +5 more
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Effect of hospital referral networks on patient readmissions
Social Science & Medicine, 2015Previous studies have shown that referral networks encompass important mechanisms of coordination and integration among hospitals, which enhance numerous organizational-level benefits, such as productivity, efficiency, and quality of care. The present study advances previous research by demonstrating how hospital referral networks influence patient ...
MASCIA, DANIELE +2 more
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Readmission of ICU patients: A quality indicator?
Journal of Critical Care, 2017Readmission rate is frequently proposed as a quality indicator because it is related to both patient outcome and organizational efficiency. Currently available studies are not clear about modifiable factors as tools to reduce readmission rate.In a 14year retrospective cohort study of 19,750 ICU admissions we identified 1378 readmissions (7%).
Saskia Rijkenberg +3 more
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Precipitating factors of readmission of psychiatric patients
Community Mental Health Journal, 1974Responses to an interview guide by 100 mentally ill patients suggested that vocational, social, and self factors, respectively, were precipitating factors in the rehospitalization process. The results suggested the respondents' realistic viewpoints regarding the significance of employment, but a nonrealistic viewpoint about the significance of self.
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Readmission Elderly Critically Patients
2019The percentage of the elderly population over the world is expected to increase by 2050 [1–3]. With such progressive changes in the elderly population profile and aging, intensive care becomes in high demand to treat elderly patients with an increased number of comorbidities and daily life limitations [1].
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Hospital readmission among elderly patients
The European Journal of Health Economics, 2012This study investigates the incidence and determinants of hospital readmissions among elderly patients in Norway. The analyses are based on registered data on inpatient admissions to public hospitals from 1999 to 2006. During this period, mean length of stay in hospital decreased, while readmission rates increased.
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Readmission to hospital of medical patients – A cohort study
European Journal of Internal Medicine, 2017The incidence of acute readmissions is higher among elderly medical patients than in the general population. Risk factor identification is needed in order to prevent readmissions.To estimate the incidence of acute readmissions among medical patients ≥65years discharged from departments of internal medicine and to identify risk factors associated with ...
Gothardt Rasmussen, Mette +4 more
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