Why the study?
Do broad clinical interventions reduce hospital readmission rates in patients with chronic diseases?
Do broad clinical interventions reduce hospital readmission rates in patients with chronic diseases?
Community disease management programs effectively reduce hospital readmissions in heart failure and coronary heart disease, supporting their use as quality indicators, though caution is needed to avoid reducing justified readmissions.
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Supports community programs for HF, CHD, and asthma to reduce readmissions; confirms disease-specific efficacy over broad or inhospital approaches.
Benbassat et al. (2013) studied this question.
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