Preventing readmission: The power of just one phone call or home visit
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Preventing readmission: The power of just one phone call or home visit

Jennifer Trueland Health journalist

A study has shown that timely post-discharge follow-up by a nurse cuts patients’ readmission risk

Too often, older people find themselves back in hospital just a few days after being discharged – but it doesn’t have to be that way.

Nursing Standard. 34, 8, 56-58. doi: 10.7748/ns.34.8.56.s16

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