Key result
A quality improvement collaborative significantly decreased discharge-related care failures from 34% to 21% (P < .05) and improved family readiness for discharge, but did not improve readmissions.
Why the study?
Does a quality improvement collaborative improve the discharge process and reduce readmissions in hospitalized children?
Does a quality improvement collaborative improve the discharge process and reduce readmissions in hospitalized children?
Absolute Event Rate: 21% vs 34%
p-value: p=< .05
A multicenter quality improvement collaborative improved discharge-related care failures and family readiness but did not reduce unplanned readmissions in hospitalized children.
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May improve pediatric discharge processes; leaves open effects on readmissions and warrants prospective trials.
Wu et al. (2016) studied Pediatric discharges. Quality improvement collaborative vs. Baseline (first project quarter) was evaluated on Discharge-related care failures (p=< .05). A quality improvement collaborative significantly decreased discharge-related care failures from 34% to 21% (P < .05) and improved family readiness for discharge, but did not improve readmissions.
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