Effectiveness of post-discharge case management in general-medical outpatients: a randomized, controlled trial

Corine H M Latour; Rien de Vos; Frits J Huyse; Peter de Jonge; Liesbeth A M van Gemert; Wim A B Stalman

doi:10.1176/appi.psy.47.5.421

Effectiveness of post-discharge case management in general-medical outpatients: a randomized, controlled trial

Corine H M Latour, Rien de Vos, Frits J Huyse, Peter de Jonge, Liesbeth A M van Gemert, Wim A B Stalman

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This study was initiated to determine the impact of post-discharge, nurse-led, home-based case management intervention on the number of emergency readmissions, level of care utilization, quality of life, and psychological functioning. Patients discharged home from a general hospital (N=147) were randomly assigned to usual care or nurse-led, home-based, case management intervention. During the 24 weeks of follow-up, no difference between the two groups was found for readmission, care utilization, quality of life, or psychological functioning. Patients in the control group tended to move sooner to non-independent living accommodation than patients in the nurse-led, home-based, case management intervention group.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	421-9
Number of pages	9
Journal	Psychosomatics
Volume	47
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psy.47.5.421
Publication status	Published - 9 Sept 2006

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