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Effect of single follow-up home visit on readmission in a group of frail elderly patients – a Danish randomized clinical trial

BACKGROUND: Unplanned hospital admissions are costly and prevention of these has been a focus for research for decades. With this study we aimed to determine whether discharge planning including a single follow-up home visit reduces readmission rate. The intervention is not representing a new method...

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Autores principales: Lembeck, Maurice A., Thygesen, Lau C., Sørensen, Birgitte Dreyer, Rasmussen, Lisbeth Lumby, Holm, Ellen A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6815031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31653219
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4528-9