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Medication and multi-modal system-level interventions show a trend toward reducing short-term (30-day) all-cause and COPD-related hospital readmissions, though current evidence is limited by considerable between-study heterogeneity. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

July 4, 2021COPD Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseOpen Access

Observed a trend toward reduced all-cause readmissions with medication and other treatments, and a trend toward reduced COPD-related readmissions with multi-modal and system-level interventions.

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Why the study?

Do medication, multi-modal, and system-level interventions reduce readmissions in patients with COPD?

Population

Patients with COPD

Comparison

Strategies to prevent readmissions to hospital

Design

Systematic review

Authors

ISIsobel Sharpe MBMeghan Bowman AKAndrew Kim

Discussion

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Overview

May support trialing multi-modal interventions to reduce COPD readmissions; leaves open confirmation of benefits amid heterogeneity.

Structured PICO

Do medication, multi-modal, and system-level interventions reduce readmissions in patients with COPD?

Population

Patients with COPD

Intervention

Medication, other treatments, multi-modal and broader scale system-level interventions

Outcome

All-cause readmissions and COPD-related readmissionshard clinical

Medication, multi-modal, and system-level interventions may reduce short-term readmissions in COPD patients, though significant heterogeneity exists in the current evidence.

Limitations

considerable between-study heterogeneity
little evidence available for longer-term outcomes

Cite This Study

Sharpe et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1a8fede916fa6dd3b8be88 https://doi.org/10.1080/15412555.2021.1955338

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July 4, 2021COPD Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseOpen Access

Observed a trend toward reduced all-cause readmissions with medication and other treatments, and a trend toward reduced COPD-related readmissions with multi-modal and system-level interventions.

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Why the study?

Do medication, multi-modal, and system-level interventions reduce readmissions in patients with COPD?

Population

Patients with COPD

Comparison

Strategies to prevent readmissions to hospital

Design

Systematic review

Authors

ISIsobel Sharpe MBMeghan Bowman AKAndrew Kim

Discussion

Member takes

Overview

May support trialing multi-modal interventions to reduce COPD readmissions; leaves open confirmation of benefits amid heterogeneity.

Structured PICO

Do medication, multi-modal, and system-level interventions reduce readmissions in patients with COPD?

Population

Patients with COPD

Intervention

Medication, other treatments, multi-modal and broader scale system-level interventions

Outcome

All-cause readmissions and COPD-related readmissionshard clinical

Medication, multi-modal, and system-level interventions may reduce short-term readmissions in COPD patients, though significant heterogeneity exists in the current evidence.

Limitations

considerable between-study heterogeneity
little evidence available for longer-term outcomes

Cite This Study

Sharpe et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1a8fede916fa6dd3b8be88 https://doi.org/10.1080/15412555.2021.1955338

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