Missed Opportunities in Preventing Hospital Readmissions: Redesigning Post‐Discharge Checkup Policies

The impact of postdischarge telephonic follow-up on hospital readmissions.

Abstract Recurrent hospitalizations are responsible for considerable health care spending, although prior studies have shown that a substantial proportion of readmissions are preventable through effective discharge planning and patient follow-up after the initial hospital visit. This retrospective cohort study was undertaken to determine whether telephonic outreach to ensure patient understandi...

Preventing readmissions to hospital for asthma.

Childhood asthma is one of the most prevalent diseases in steroids in the management of acute asthma is well established. A meta-analysis of 30 studies found that the use childhood, 1 with major social and economic costs for the of steroids early in the treatment of asthmatic exacerbations family and child. Furthermore, in developed countries reduces admissions in both adults and children and t...

The influence of a postdischarge intervention on reducing hospital readmissions in a Medicare population.

Hospital readmissions in the Medicare population may be related to a number of factors, including reoccurrence of illness, failure to understand or follow physician direction, or lack of follow-up care, among others. These readmissions significantly increase cost and utilization in this population, and are expected to increase with the projected growth in Medicare enrollment. The authors examin...

Hospital Readmissions: Challenges and Opportunities for Catholic Senior Service Providers

First birth cesarean proportion: A missed indicator in controlling policies

Background: Around one out of two mothers give births by cesarean section (CS) surgery in Iran and about half of this number is due to previous CS. Recently Health Sector Evolution (HSEP) program (started in April 2014) targets the high rate of CS in Iran. To assess the impact of the interventions, we emphasized that the First Birth Cesarean (FBC) proportion is one of the main indicators to ass...