Interventions to reduce 30-day rehospitalization: a systematic review

• Published in: Annals of internal medicine Vol. 155; no. 8; p. 520
• Main Authors: Hansen, Luke O, Young, Robert S, Hinami, Keiki, Leung, Alicia, Williams, Mark V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 18.10.2011
• Subjects: Aftercare - standards; Appointments and Schedules; Fee-for-Service Plans - standards; Hotlines; House Calls; Humans; Medicare - standards; Medication Reconciliation; Patient Discharge - standards; Patient Education as Topic; Patient Readmission - standards; Primary Health Care; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Risk Factors; Telephone; United States; United States

About 1 in 5 Medicare fee-for-service patients discharged from the hospital is rehospitalized within 30 days. Beginning in 2013, hospitals with high risk-standardized readmission rates will be subject to a Medicare reimbursement penalty. To describe interventions evaluated in studies aimed at reduci...