Telephone follow-up to reduce unplanned hospital returns for older emergency department patients: A randomized trial.

Merel van Loon-van GaalenM C Christien van der LindenJacobijn GusseklooRoos C van der Mast

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2021)

Telephone follow-up after ED discharge in older patients did not result in reduction of unplanned hospital admissions and/or ED return visits within 30 days. These results raise the question of whether other outcomes could be improved by post-discharge ED telephone follow-up.

Keyphrases

emergency department
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
healthcare
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
patient reported