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Interdisciplinary Care: The Health Care Team-I

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Chronic Kidney Disease III: Interprofessional Care

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Improving geriatric transitional care through inter-professional care teams.

Lynn A Blewett1, Kelli Johnson, Teresa McCarthy

  • 1University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. blewe001@umn.edu

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
|August 8, 2009
PubMed
Summary
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Inter-professional care teams in geriatric transitional care units significantly reduce patient length of stay and healthcare charges. This model offers cost-effective care, improving patient outcomes and resource utilization.

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Area of Science:

  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Healthcare Management
  • Health Services Research

Background:

  • Transitional care units (TCUs) manage complex patient needs.
  • Traditional single-provider models may not optimize resource use.
  • Inter-professional care models offer a collaborative approach.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of inter-professional care teams on patient length of stay (LOS) and payer charges.
  • To compare outcomes between inter-professional and traditional care models in a geriatric TCU.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of de-identified administrative data from 2003-2004.
  • Comparison of 163 patients managed by an inter-professional team versus 176 patients under a traditional model.
  • Logistic regression used to control for patient demographics and acuity.

Main Results:

  • Patients managed by inter-professional teams experienced significantly shorter LOS.
  • Inter-professional care resulted in fewer patient days and lower total charges.
  • Patient diagnoses and acuity levels were comparable between the two groups.

Conclusions:

  • Inter-professional care models demonstrate cost-effectiveness in geriatric transitional care.
  • Shorter LOS, reduced patient days, and lower charges support the benefits of inter-professional teams.
  • Findings suggest favorable development and financing of inter-professional care teams for transitional care services.