Avoidable readmissions seem to be reduced by early follow-up visits for geriatric patients discharged from hospital
- 25 June 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Geriatric Medicine
- Vol. 9 (5) , 613-621
Abstract
The aim of this study was to look specifically at patients readmitted in our previously published study. We wanted to assess the percentage of avoidable readmissions among patients receiving an early geriatric follow-up visit compared to a control group receiving usual care.Keywords
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