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Health Care Sciences & Services
Steven B. Spivack, Darren DeWalt, Jonathan Oberlander, Justin Trogdon, Nilay Shah, Ellen Meara, Morris Weinberger, Kristin Reiter, Devang Agravat, Carrie Colla, Valerie Lewis
Summary: The research found that primary care practices that engaged in more readmission reduction activities had lower readmission rates. On average, practices experienced a 0.05 percentage point decrease in readmission rates for each additional activity. Practices performing 10 or more of the 12 activities in the composite measure had significantly lower readmission rates.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
George G. A. Pujalte, Isaac I. Effiong, Tais G. O. Bertasi, Raphael A. O. Bertasi, Susannah S. Rothstein, Ryan Cudahy, Lorenzo O. Hernandez, Timothy M. Davlantes
Summary: The study found that patient characteristics, such as age, gender, and educational level, can influence the way they perceive hospital care. Different factors were considered important by patients based on their characteristics, with the main concern overall being the risk of getting a hospital-acquired infection. Therefore, hospitals should take actions to prevent infections and share relevant information with patients.
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Surgery
Adora N. Moneme, Christopher J. Wirtalla, Sanford E. Roberts, Luke J. Keele, Rachel R. Kelz
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the association between PCP follow-up and 30-day readmission rates after hospital discharge for patients with an EGS condition.
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Surgery
Cheryl K. Zogg, Zara Cooper, Peter Peduzzi, Jason R. Falvey, Mary E. Tinetti, Judith H. Lichtman
Summary: The objective of this study is to identify and quantify three new postdischarge quality-metrics for older trauma patients, including mortality, readmission, and patients' average number of healthy days at home. These metrics provide a more comprehensive assessment of older adult trauma care and recovery.
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Critical Care Medicine
David H. Au, Margaret P. Collins, Douglas B. Berger, Paula G. Carvalho, Karin M. Nelson, Lynn F. Reinke, Richard B. Goodman, Rosemary Adamson, Deborah M. Woo, Peter J. Rise, Scott S. Coggeshall, Robert B. Plumley, Eric M. Epler, Brianna R. Moss, Jennifer A. McDowell, William G. Weppner
Summary: By implementing a proactive interdisciplinary and virtual review, the quality of life for patients with COPD exacerbation can be improved, but its effect on reducing readmission and mortality is inconclusive.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
(2022)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Morgan Henderson, Jon Mark Hirshon, Fei Han, Megan Donohue, Ian Stockwell
Summary: This study evaluated the performance of a predictive model for hospital readmissions in a commercially insured population. The results showed that predicting distant readmissions is more challenging than predicting proximal readmissions, and the inclusion of more information in the model improves the predictions.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Economics
Alicia Plemmons, Agnitra Roy Choudhury
Summary: One in six people who are hospitalized in the United States will be readmitted within 30 days of initial discharge. We investigated the impact of expanding nurse practitioners' scope of practice on regional readmission rates. Our findings suggest that when a state expands the autonomy of nurse practitioners, the readmission rates within a Census region can be reduced by approximately one percent, without any evidence of increasing readmission rates.
APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS
(2023)
Review
Pediatrics
Jens Detollenaere, Ingrid Van Ingelghem, Koen van den Heede, Joan Vlayen
Summary: The hospital landscape is shifting to new care models to meet current challenges in demand, technology, available budgets and staffing. These challenges also apply to the paediatric population, leading to a reduction in paediatric hospital beds and occupancy rates. Paediatric hospital-at-home (HAH) care is used to substitute hospital care in an attempt to bring hospital services closer to children's homes.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Janet K. Freburger, Aileen Chou, Tracey Euloth, Beth Matcho, Andrew Bilderback
Summary: This study found an inverse relationship between the number of physical and occupational therapist visits received in acute care hospital and the risk of hospital readmission or death for stroke patients. The effects differed by time to the event, discharge location, and mobility limitations on admission.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2021)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Holly Foot, Ian Scott, Nancy Sturman, Jennifer A. Whitty, Kylie Rixon, Luke Connelly, Ian Williams, Christopher Freeman
Summary: Pharmacist-led interventions with primary care physician communication are effective in reducing hospital readmissions, especially at 30 days follow-up.
RESEARCH IN SOCIAL & ADMINISTRATIVE PHARMACY
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Beth Jones, Pam James, Ganga Vijayasiri, Yiting Li, Dave Bozaan, Nkiru Okammor, Karly Hendee, Grace Jenq
Summary: This study aimed to understand patients' experiences during the care transition process from hospital or skilled nursing facility to home and identify factors associated with follow-up appointment completion. The study found gaps and racial disparities in care transition experiences, which had implications for patient experiences and outcomes.
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Clinical Neurology
Adalia H. Jun-O'Connell, Eliza Grigoriciuc, Brian Silver, Kimiyoshi J. Kobayashi, Marcey Osgood, Majaz Moonis, Nils Henninger
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the LACE+ index in predicting the risk of 30-day readmission in stroke patients. The results showed that the LACE+ index was associated with the risk of 30-day readmission, with the high-risk group having the highest readmission rate. This indicates that the LACE+ scoring system has some validity in predicting readmission in stroke patients.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2022)
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Management
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Keith Joiner, Pierre Thomas Leger
Summary: This study examines the practice styles and skills of emergency department physicians and their impact on healthcare operations. The research finds significant variation across physicians in their practice styles and skills, and that physicians with costly practice styles often have worse outcomes in terms of more ED revisits and more hospitalizations.
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Thomas Woodcock, Dionne Matthew, Raffaele Palladino, Mable Nakubulwa, Trish Winn, Hugh Bethell, Stephen Hiles, Susan Moggan, Jackie Dowell, Paul Sullivan, Derek Bell, Martin R. Cowie
Summary: This study evaluates the impact of a care bundle intervention on improving care for patients with acute heart failure. The intervention includes testing NT-proBNP, transthoracic Doppler echocardiography, and specialist evaluation. The study finds that this intervention is associated with reduced emergency readmissions and improved in-hospital mortality for acute heart failure patients.
BMJ QUALITY & SAFETY
(2023)
Article
Pediatrics
Stephanie Burrus, Matthew Hall, Emily Tooley, Kate Conrad, Jessica L. Bettenhausen, Carol Kemper
Summary: Hospitals sharing SSE data through CHILDPSO have seen a decrease in SSEs, with patient care management being the most common type of SSE. Lack of situational awareness was identified as one of the most common contributing factors.