Health Care Hotspotting — A Randomized, Controlled Trial

A Camden, New Jersey, “hotspotting” program is designed to prevent rehospitalizations among “superutilizers” of heath care services through home visits and telephone calls from nurses, social workers, and community health care workers who help coordinate outpatient care. In a randomized, controlled...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2020-01, Vol.382 (2), p.152-162
Hauptverfasser:	Finkelstein, Amy, Zhou, Annetta, Taubman, Sarah, Doyle, Joseph
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Aging Ambulatory Care - statistics & numerical data Chronic Disease - therapy Chronic illnesses Health care Health Care Costs Health care policy Hospital systems Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Hospitals House Calls Humans Intervention Linear Models Medical personnel Mental disorders Mental health Middle Aged Mortality New Jersey Patient admissions Patient Care Management - methods Patient Care Management - organization & administration Patient Discharge Summaries Patient Readmission - statistics & numerical data Patients Population Prospective Studies Social services Socioeconomic Factors United States
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Zusammenfassung:	A Camden, New Jersey, “hotspotting” program is designed to prevent rehospitalizations among “superutilizers” of heath care services through home visits and telephone calls from nurses, social workers, and community health care workers who help coordinate outpatient care. In a randomized, controlled trial, the program did not reduce hospital readmissions.
ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMsa1906848