ArticleThe European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care2019
Impact of early primary care follow-up after discharge on hospital readmissions.
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- Outpatient Follow-Up and 30-Day Readmissions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- Two-year follow-up of a clustered randomised controlled trial of a multicomponent general practice intervention for people at risk of poor health outcomes.BMC health services research · 2024Trial
- A general practice intervention for people at risk of poor health outcomes: the Flinders QUEST cluster randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation.The Medical journal of Australia · 2022Trial
- The impact of timely community health services contact following hospital discharge on subsequent hospital use in England: retrospective observational study.BMC medicine · 2026Observational
- Surgeon-led vs. nurse-led postoperative follow-up after dilep: impact on erectile function recovery and patient-reported outcomes.World journal of urology · 2025Article
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- The Utilization of Early Outpatient Care for Infants Following NICU Discharge among a National Sample.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Evolution of a Project to Improve Inpatient-to-Outpatient Dermatology Care Transitions: Mixed Methods Evaluation.JMIR dermatology · 2023Article
- Transition and continuity of care after hospital discharge for COVID-19 survivors.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2023Observational
- Are Primary Health Care Visits Associated With Reduced Risk of Hospital Readmissions After Discharge From Geriatric Inpatient Departments? Evidence From Stockholm County.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
- Hospital Admission and Discharge: Lessons Learned from a Large Programme in Southwest Germany.International journal of integrated careArticle
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Abstract
Reducing repeated hospitalizations of patients with chronic conditions is a policy objective for improving system efficiency. We test the hypothesis that the risk of readmission is associated with the timing and intensity of primary care follow-up after discharge, focusing on patients hospitalized for heart failure in France. We propose a discrete-time model which takes into account that primary care treatments have a lagged and cumulative effect on readmission risk, and an instrumental variable approach, exploiting geographical differences in availability of generalists. We show that the early consultations with a GP after discharge can reduce the 28-day readmission risk by almost 50%, and that patients with higher ambulatory care utilization have smaller odds of readmission. Furthermore, geographical disparities in primary care affect indirectly the readmission risk. These results suggest that interventions which strengthen communication between hospitals and generalists are elemental for reducing readmissions and for developing effective strategies at the hospital level, it is also necessary to consider primary care resources that are available to patients.
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