Why the study?
Early GP follow-up after discharge reduces hospital readmissions in cardiac patients, but the patient, clinical, and hospital factors influencing follow-up remained unclear.
Population
1079 patients discharged from a tertiary hospital cardiology unit
Comparison
Predictors of GP follow-up
Design
Single-centre retrospective cohort study
Follow-up
30 days
Authors
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Discharge summary recommendations strongly predicted 7-day GP follow-up; leaves open whether targeted interventions improve postdischarge outcomes.
Documenting recommendations for follow-up in discharge summaries is a strong predictor of early general practitioner follow-up after a cardiology admission.
Huang et al. (2019) studied this question.
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