Impact of an anticipatory care planning intervention on unscheduled acute hospital care using difference-in-difference analysis.

Attakrit LeckcivilizePaul McNameeChristopher CooperRobby Steel

Published in: BMJ health & care informatics (2021)

An anticipatory care planning intervention focused among people judged to be at higher risk of future unscheduled hospital admissions can be effective in reducing the number of unscheduled admissions to hospital and ED visits, and may lead to an overall saving in use of hospital resources.

Keyphrases

healthcare
palliative care
randomized controlled trial
quality improvement
emergency department
acute care
adverse drug
affordable care act
hepatitis b virus
acute respiratory distress syndrome