Reducing emergency hospital admissions: a population health complex intervention of an enhanced model of primary care and compassionate communities.
Br J Gen Pract
; 68(676): e803-e810, 2018 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Reducing emergency admissions to hospital has been a cornerstone of healthcare policy. Little evidence exists to show that systematic interventions across a population have achieved this aim. The authors report the impact of a complex intervention over a 44-month period in Frome, Somerset, on unplanned admissions to hospital.AIM:
To evaluate a population health complex intervention of an enhanced model of primary care and compassionate communities on population health improvement and reduction of emergency admissions to hospital. DESIGN ANDSETTING:
A cohort retrospective study of a complex intervention on all emergency admissions in Frome Medical Practice, Somerset, compared with the remainder of Somerset, from April 2013 to December 2017.METHOD:
Patients were identified using broad criteria, including anyone giving cause for concern. Patient-centred goal setting and care planning combined with a compassionate community social approach was implemented broadly across the population of Frome.RESULTS:
There was a progressive reduction, by 7.9 cases per quarter (95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.8 to 13.1, P = 0.006), in unplanned hospital admissions across the whole population of Frome during the study period from April 2013 to December 2017, a decrease of 14.0%. At the same time, there was a 28.5% increase in admissions per quarter within Somerset, with a rise in the number of unplanned admissions of 236 per quarter (95% CI = 152 to 320, P<0.001).CONCLUSION:
The complex intervention in Frome was associated with highly significant reductions in unplanned admissions to hospital, with a decrease in healthcare costs across the whole population of Frome.Palabras clave
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01-internacional
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Asunto principal:
Atención Primaria de Salud
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Aceptación de la Atención de Salud
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Servicios de Salud Comunitaria
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Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
Br J Gen Pract
Año:
2018
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Article