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Published on: September 30, 2020
Hospital readmission from a transitional care unit
Mary Ann Anderson1, Denice Tyler, Lelia B Helms
1University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing, Moline, IL 61265, USA. maa928@uic.edu
Abstract:
The purpose of this project was to characterize patients readmitted to the hospital during a stay in a transitional care unit (TCUT). Typically, readmitted patients were females, widowed, with 8 medical diagnoses, and taking 12 different medications. Readmission from the TCU occurred within 7 days as a result of a newly developed problem. Most patients did not return home after readmission from the TCU. Understanding high-risk patients' characteristics that lead to costly hospital readmission during a stay in the TCU can assist clinicians and healthcare providers to plan and implement timely and effective interventions, and help facility personnel in fiscal and resource management issues.
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