Optimizing passage, from primary care to hospital and back, for readmissions patients
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Methods A standardized questionnaire was used and the results were evaluated by an expert panel from the departments involved. To evaluate differences, we compared data from an audit held in 2010. The total number of patients was 933 in March 2010 and 937 in April 2011. The number of readmitted patients within 30 days was 14 in March 2010 and 37 medical and 24 surgical patients in April 2011. We evaluated all 14 patients from March 2010 and 20 random patients from April 2011. Medical records for these patients were retrospectively reviewed, and entered in an Audit questionnaire. In the audit team included the G.P. physician, home health care team, the patient and their relatives and the A-24 Acute Ward.
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