Effective mental health interventions to reduce hospital readmission rates: a systematic review.

Ivy BenjenkJie Chen
Published in: Journal of hospital management and health policy (2018)
The literature identified in this review, appears to provide support for the use of mental health interventions after discharge as a mechanism for reducing physical health condition readmissions. Future research is needed to determine if these interventions can specifically reduce thirty-day readmissions for the six conditions linked to financial penalties.