Key result
Follow-up at a Transitional Care Clinic significantly reduced 30-day hospital readmissions to 11.32% compared to 31.31% in patients who did not attend the clinic.
Why the study?
Heart failure is a leading readmission diagnosis driving substantial expenditure, making post-discharge readmission reduction a major clinical challenge, particularly in high-risk demographic populations.
Does a multidisciplinary transitional care clinic follow-up reduce 30-day hospital readmissions in a predominantly African American heart failure population?
Cohort (n=488)
No
Does a multidisciplinary transitional care clinic follow-up reduce 30-day hospital readmissions in a predominantly African American heart failure population?
A multidisciplinary transitional care clinic significantly reduced 7-day and 30-day readmissions in a predominantly African American, low-socioeconomic heart failure population.
May support transitional care clinic referral in similar heart failure cohorts; leaves open need for randomized confirmation.
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Lee et al. (2019) conducted a cohort in Heart Failure (n=488). Transitional Care Clinic (TCC) follow-up vs. No TCC follow-up was evaluated on 30-day readmission rate (p=<0.001). Follow-up at a Transitional Care Clinic significantly reduced 30-day hospital readmissions to 11.32% compared to 31.31% in patients who did not attend the clinic.
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