Community health workers have potential to enhance primary care access and quality, but
remain underutilized. To provide guidance on their integration, we characterized roles and …

Background Many discharge interventions are developed to reduce unplanned hospital
readmissions, but it is unclear which interventions are more effective. Objectives The …

Background: Frequent users of health care services are a relatively small group of patients
who account for a disproportionately large amount of health care utilization. We conducted a …

Background Evidence-based interventions to reduce hospital readmissions may not
generalize to resource-constrained safety-net hospitals. Objective To determine if an …

Objective To examine the effect of nurse staffing and the work environment on 10-and 30-
day unplanned readmissions for US Medicare patients following elective total hip and knee …

Approximately 15% of elderly patients are readmitted within 28 days of discharge. This costs
the NHS and patients. Previous studies show telephone contact with patients post-discharge …

Community health workers are increasingly recognized as useful for improving health care
and health outcomes for a variety of chronic conditions. Community health workers can …

Background Interest is growing in interventions to address social needs in clinical settings.
However, little is known about patients' perceptions and experiences with these …

Introduction No one can argue on the importance of health in one's life. However, the value
of health in the context of other priorities for individuals is not always as clear. Further …

Objective To evaluate the financial penalty effect of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction
Program (HRRP) on 30-day inpatient readmissions for pneumonia (PN), acute myocardial …