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Post-Acute Physician Home Visit Program
New or worsening symptoms following discharge from the hospital likely leads to unplanned readmission. These rates are higher than desired and costly to patients, payers, and providers. Many interventions have unsuccessfully attempted to reduce readmissions, but few have provided in-home personnel to patients transitioning from acute care back to ambulatory care. Still fewer have involved a physician in the home. We therefore will test the effect of a physician home visit to a patient's home who was discharged in the last 4 days.
Details
| Lead sponsor | Brigham and Women's Hospital |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | COMPLETED |
| Enrolment | 51 |
| Start date | Tue Jun 06 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Completion | Sat Jan 20 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
Conditions
- A Patient Discharged From an Acute-care Hospital Who Had an Acute Illness
Interventions
- Home visit
Countries
United States