Multifaceted Interventions Reduce 30-Day Hospital Readmissions in At-Risk Medicaid Members from Four States and The District of Columbia

Potentially Preventable 30-Day Hospital Readmissions at a Children's Hospital.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Hospital readmission rates are increasingly used to assess quality. Little is known, however, about potential preventability of readmissions among children. Our objective was to evaluate potential preventability of 30-day readmissions using medical record review and interviews. METHODS A cross-sectional study in 305 children (<18 years old) readmitted within 30 days ...

Heart Failure Interventions to Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Medication adherence as a predictor of 30-day hospital readmissions

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to test whether patient medication adherence, a modifiable risk factor obtainable at hospital admission, predicts readmission within 30 days. PATIENTS AND METHODS We used a retrospective cohort study design to test whether patient medication adherence to all chronic medications, as determined by the 4-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-4) administe...

the role of russia in transmission of energy from central asia and caucuses to european union

پس ازفروپاشی شوروی،رشد منابع نفت و گاز، آسیای میانه و قفقاز را در یک بازی ژئوپلتیکی انرژی قرار داده است. با در نظر گرفتن این منابع هیدروکربنی، این منطقه به یک میدانجنگ و رقابت تجاری برای بازی های ژئوپلتیکی قدرت های بزرگ جهانی تبدیل شده است. روسیه منطقه را به عنوان حیات خلوت خود تلقی نموده و علاقمند به حفظ حضورش می باشد تا همانند گذشته گاز طبیعی را به وسیله خط لوله مرکزی دریافت و به عنوان یک واس...

Interventions to reduce hospital readmissions in the elderly: in-hospital or home care. A systematic review.

RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Unplanned hospital readmissions of elderly people represent an increasing burden on health care systems. This burden could theoretically be reduced by adequate preventive interventions, although there is uncertainty about the effectiveness of different types of interventions. The objective of this systematic review was to identify interventions that effectively re...