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Table 5 Returns and readmission

From: Feasibility of the Transport PLUS intervention to improve the transitions of care for patients transported home by ambulance: a non-randomized pilot study

 

Return ED visit

Return admission

No.

%

No.

%

Transported home from ED (n = 136)

 3 days

10

7.35%

7

5.15%

 30 days

38

27.94%

23

16.91%

Transported home from inpatient (n = 250)

 3 days

13

5.20%

10

4.00%

 30 days

75

30.00%

52

20.80%

  1. Revisit and readmission rates reported here are among only those patients who accepted at least one component of the intervention (DCA, FSA, or both) and excludes two patients whose charts were inaccessible for patient privacy