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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Transitional Care Program in Reducing Acute Hospital Utilization in Singapore.

Chong Yau Ong, Jun Jie Angus Ng, Kar Kwan Sandra Joanne Ng, Pei Yoke Tay, Mui Hua Jean Lee

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Chong Yau OngTransitional Care Community Medicine, Population Health & Integrated Care, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore 544886, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-6230-7134
Jun Jie Angus NgTransitional Care Community Medicine, Population Health & Integrated Care, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore 544886, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-5944-0858
Kar Kwan Sandra Joanne NgLee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 308232, Singapore.
Pei Yoke TayCommunity Nursing, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore 544886, Singapore.
Mui Hua Jean LeeTransitional Care Community Medicine, Population Health & Integrated Care, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore 544886, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-2267-8301

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: The evidence to support transitional care in reducing acute hospital utilization is variable. Despite changes in the healthcare landscape with a rapidly aging population, there is a lack of local and regional studies to evaluate the effectiveness of transitional home care programs. This study investigates whether a transitional home care program delivered by an acute tertiary hospital can reduce acute hospital utilization. (2) Methods: A pre-post design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. A total of 2004 enrolments from 1679 unique patients that fulfilled the criteria of enrolment were included. The transitional care program is delivered through telephone follow-up and home visits. The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test was used to assess the differences between the three periods of baseline, enrolment, and post-enrolment. (3) Results: All 2004 enrolments were analyzed. The re-attendances at the emergency department reduced significantly by 31.2% and 71.9% during enrolment and post-enrolment (

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care continuityhealth programhome carehome visithospital admissionmultimorbiditytransitional care

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PMID39517356
PMCPMC11545327

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