Hospital Readmissions After Implementation of a Discharge Care Program for Patients with COVID-19 Illness.

Siqin YeGrant HiuraElaine FleckAury GarciaJoshua GelerisPaul LeeNadia Liyanage-DonNathalie MoiseNeil SchlugerJessica SingerMagdalena SobieszczykYifei SunHarry WestIan M Kronish

Published in: Journal of general internal medicine (2021)

During the COVID-19 surge in New York City, lenient discharge criteria in conjunction with remote monitoring after discharge were associated with a rate of early readmissions after COVID-related hospitalizations that was comparable to the rate of readmissions after other reasons for hospitalization before the COVID pandemic.

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