Medications that reduce emergency hospital admissions: an overview of systematic reviews and prioritisation of treatments.
Niklas BobrovitzCarl HeneghanIgho OnakpoyaBenjamin FletcherDylan CollinsAlice TompsonJoseph LeeDavid NunanRebecca FisherBrittney ScottJack O'SullivanOliver Van HeckeBrian D NicholsonSarah StevensNia RobertsKamal R MahtaniPublished in: BMC medicine (2018)
We identified 11 medications supported by strong evidence and clinical guidelines that could be considered in quality monitoring and improvement strategies to help reduce emergency hospital admission rates. The findings are relevant to health systems with a large burden of chronic disease and those managing increasing pressures on acute health-care services.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- emergency department
- public health
- liver failure
- systematic review
- respiratory failure
- clinical practice
- health information
- drug induced
- mental health
- risk factors
- quality improvement
- randomized controlled trial
- meta analyses
- intensive care unit
- risk assessment
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
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