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A randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of a paramedic-delivered care transitions intervention to reduce emergency department revisits

BACKGROUND: Approximately 20% of community-dwelling older adults discharged from the emergency department (ED) return to an ED within 30 days, an occurrence partially resulting from poor care transitions. Prior published interventions to improve the ED-to-home transition have either lacked feasibili...

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Autores principales: Mi, Ranran, Hollander, Matthew M., Jones, Courtney M. C., DuGoff, Eva H., Caprio, Thomas V., Cushman, Jeremy T., Kind, Amy J. H., Lohmeier, Michael, Shah, Manish N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5934842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29724172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0792-5