The challenge of reducing hospital readmissions: a geriatrician’s perspective

Andreas Stuck

doi:10.4414/smw.2016.14357

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The challenge of reducing hospital readmissions: a geriatrician’s perspective

Andreas Stuck

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2016.14357
Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2016;146:w14357
Published: 09.10.2016

References

Auerbach AD, Kripalani S, Vasilevskis EE, Sehgal N, Lindenauer PK, Metlay JP, et al. Preventability and causes of readmissions in a national cohort of general medicine patients. JAMA Intern Med. 2016;176:484–93. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7863
Berenson RA, Paulus RA, Kalman NS. Medicare’s Readmissions-Reduction Program – A positive alternative. N Engl J Med. 2012;366:1364–66.
Aubert CE, Folly A, Mancinetti M, Hayoz D, Donzé J. Prospective validation and adaptation of the HOSPITAL score to predict high risk of unplanned readmission in medical patients. Swiss Med Wkly. 2016;146:w14335 http://www.smw.ch/content/smw-2016-14335.
Donzé JD, Williams MV, Robinson EJ, Zimlichman E, Aujesky D, Vasilevskis EE, et al. International Validity of the HOSPITAL Score to predict 30-day potentially avoidable hospital readmissions. JAMA Intern Med. 2016;176(4):496–502. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.8462.
Schoenenberger AW, Bieri C, Ozgüler O, Moser A, Haberkern M, Zimmermann H, et al. A novel multidimensional geriatric screening tool in the ED: evaluation of feasibility and clinical relevance. Am J Emerg Med. 2014;32:623–8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.03.024.
Rubenstein LZ, Stuck AE. Multidimensional geriatric assessment. In: Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine, fifth Edition: Editors: Sinclair AJ, Morley JE, Vellas B. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2012:1377–86.
Ouslander JG, Bonner A, Herndon L, Shutes J. The INTERACT Quality Improvement Program: An overview for medical directors and primary care clinicians in long-term care. Am Med Dir Assoc. 2014;15(3):162–70. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2013.12.005.
Stuck AE, Moser A, Morf U, Wirz U, Wyser J, Gillmann G, et al. Effect of health risk assessment and counselling on health behaviour and survival in older people: A pragmatic randomised trial. PLoS Med. 2015;12: e1001889. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001889.

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Stuck A. The challenge of reducing hospital readmissions: a geriatrician’s perspective. Swiss Med Wkly [Internet]. 2016 Oct. 9 [cited 2024 Nov. 19];146(4142):w14357. Available from: https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2232

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[1] Auerbach AD, Kripalani S, Vasilevskis EE, Sehgal N, Lindenauer PK, Metlay JP, et al. Preventability and causes of readmissions in a national cohort of general medicine patients. JAMA Intern Med. 2016;176:484–93. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7863

[2] Berenson RA, Paulus RA, Kalman NS. Medicare’s Readmissions-Reduction Program – A positive alternative. N Engl J Med. 2012;366:1364–66.

[3] Aubert CE, Folly A, Mancinetti M, Hayoz D, Donzé J. Prospective validation and adaptation of the HOSPITAL score to predict high risk of unplanned readmission in medical patients. Swiss Med Wkly. 2016;146:w14335 http://www.smw.ch/content/smw-2016-14335.

[4] Donzé JD, Williams MV, Robinson EJ, Zimlichman E, Aujesky D, Vasilevskis EE, et al. International Validity of the HOSPITAL Score to predict 30-day potentially avoidable hospital readmissions. JAMA Intern Med. 2016;176(4):496–502. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.8462.

[5] Schoenenberger AW, Bieri C, Ozgüler O, Moser A, Haberkern M, Zimmermann H, et al. A novel multidimensional geriatric screening tool in the ED: evaluation of feasibility and clinical relevance. Am J Emerg Med. 2014;32:623–8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.03.024.

[6] Rubenstein LZ, Stuck AE. Multidimensional geriatric assessment. In: Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine, fifth Edition: Editors: Sinclair AJ, Morley JE, Vellas B. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2012:1377–86.

[7] Ouslander JG, Bonner A, Herndon L, Shutes J. The INTERACT Quality Improvement Program: An overview for medical directors and primary care clinicians in long-term care. Am Med Dir Assoc. 2014;15(3):162–70. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2013.12.005.

[8] Stuck AE, Moser A, Morf U, Wirz U, Wyser J, Gillmann G, et al. Effect of health risk assessment and counselling on health behaviour and survival in older people: A pragmatic randomised trial. PLoS Med. 2015;12: e1001889. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001889.