Patients' ratings of the in-hospital discharge briefing and post-discharge primary care follow-up: The association with 30-day readmissions.
Patient Educ Couns
; 102(8): 1513-1519, 2019 08.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
We examined whether patients' ratings of their in-hospital discharge briefing and their post-discharge Primary Care Physicians' (PCP) review of the discharge summary are associated with 30-day readmissions.METHODS:
A prospective study of 594 internal-medicine patients at a tertiary medical-center in Israel. The in-hospital baseline questionnaire included sociodemographic characteristics, physical, mental, and functional health status. Patients were surveyed by phone about the discharge and post-discharge processes. Clinical data and health-service use was retrieved from a central data-warehouse. Multivariate regressions modeled the relationship between in-hospital baseline characteristics, discharge briefing, PCP visit indicator, the PCP discharge summary review, and 30-day readmissions.RESULTS:
The extent of the PCPs' review of the hospital discharge summary at the post-discharge visit was rated higher than the in-hospital discharge briefing (3.46 vs. 3.17, p = 0.001) and was associated with lower odds of readmission (OR=0.35, 95% CI 0.26-0.45). The model that included this assessment performed better than the in-hospital baseline, the in-hospital discharge-briefing, and the PCP visit models (C-statistic = 0.87, compared with 0.70, 0.81, 0.81, respectively).CONCLUSIONS:
Providing extensive post-discharge explanations by PCPs serves as a significant protective factor against readmissions. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS PCPs should be encouraged to thoroughly review the discharge summary letter with the patient.Palabras clave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Alta del Paciente
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Readmisión del Paciente
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Atención Primaria de Salud
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Satisfacción del Paciente
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Continuidad de la Atención al Paciente
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Patient Educ Couns
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article