Does an advanced practice nurse-centered discharge planning and home care intervention reduce readmissions and costs in hospitalized elders at high risk for rehospitalization?
An advanced practice nurse-centered discharge planning and home care intervention reduces readmissions and healthcare costs for high-risk hospitalized elders.
An advanced practice nurse-centered discharge planning and home care intervention for at-risk hospitalized elders reduced readmissions, lengthened the time between discharge and readmission, and decreased the costs of providing health care. Thus, the intervention demonstrated great potential in promoting positive outcomes for hospitalized elders at high risk for rehospitalization while reducing costs.
Naylor et al. (1999) studied this question.
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