Primary Care: The New Frontier for Reducing Readmissions - PubMed

Primary Care: The New Frontier for Reducing Readmissions - PubMed

Primary Care: The New Frontier for Reducing Readmissions

Sonali Saluja 1, Michael Hochman 2, Angel Bourgoin 3, James Maxwell 3

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• PMID: 31621049
 
• PMCID: PMC6854170 (available on 2020-12-01)
 
• DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-05428-2

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Abstract

To date, efforts to reduce hospital readmissions have centered largely on hospitals. In a recently published environmental scan, we examined the literature focusing on primary care-based efforts to reduce readmissions. While rigorous studies on interventions arising from primary care are limited, we found that multi-component care transitions programs that are initiated early in the hospitalization and are part of broader primary care practice transformation appear most promising. However, policy changes are necessary to spur innovation and support effective primary care-led transitions interventions. Though more rigorous research is needed, our findings suggest that primary care can and should lead future efforts for reducing hospital readmissions.

Keywords: health care delivery; primary care; primary care redesign.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.

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