The Efficacy of Written Information Intervention in Reduction of Hospital Re-admission Cost in Patients With Heart Failure; A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Objective: To assess the efficacy of written information versus non written information intervention in reducing hospital readmission cost, if prescribed or presented to the patients with HF. Methods: The study was a systematic review and meta-analysis. We searched Medline (Ovid)and Cochrane library...
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| author | Zarea Gavgani Vahideh Kazemi Majd Faranak Nosratnejad Shirin Golmohammadi Ali Sadeghi Bazargani Homayoun |
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| description | Objective: To assess the efficacy of written information versus non written information intervention in reducing hospital readmission cost, if prescribed or presented to the patients with HF. Methods: The study was a systematic review and meta-analysis. We searched Medline (Ovid)and Cochrane library during the past 20 years from 1993 to 2013. We also conducted a manual search through Google Scholar and a direct search in the group of related journals in Black Welland Science Direct trough their websites. Two reviewers appraised the identified studies, and meta-analysis was done to estimate the mean saving cost of patient readmission. All the included studies must have been done by randomization to be eligible for study. Result: We assessed the full-texts 3 out of 65 studies with 754 patients and average age of 74.33.The mean of estimated saving readmission cost in intervention group versus control group was US $2751 (95% CI: 2708 – 2794) and the mean of total saving cost in intervention group versus control group was US $2047 (base year 2010) with (95% CI: 2004 – 2089). No publication bias was found by testing the heterogeneity of studies. Conclusion: One of the effective factors in minimizing the healthcare cost and preventing from hospital re-admission is providing the patients with information prescription in a written format.It is suggested that hospital management, Medicare organizations, policy makers and individual physicians consider the prescription of appropriate medical information as the indispensable part of patient’s care process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-14f0b582e3b943c0a382a356056dc9062022-12-21T19:53:40ZengTabriz University of Medical SciencesJournal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research2008-51172015-03-01711510.15171/jcvtr.2015.01The Efficacy of Written Information Intervention in Reduction of Hospital Re-admission Cost in Patients With Heart Failure; A Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisZarea Gavgani Vahideh0Kazemi Majd Faranak1Nosratnejad Shirin2Golmohammadi Ali3Sadeghi Bazargani Homayoun4tabriz, Iran (Islamic Republic Of)Tabriz, Iran (Islamic Republic Of)tabriz, Iran (Islamic Republic Of)Tabriz, Iran (Islamic Republic Of)Tabriz, Iran (Islamic Republic Of)Objective: To assess the efficacy of written information versus non written information intervention in reducing hospital readmission cost, if prescribed or presented to the patients with HF. Methods: The study was a systematic review and meta-analysis. We searched Medline (Ovid)and Cochrane library during the past 20 years from 1993 to 2013. We also conducted a manual search through Google Scholar and a direct search in the group of related journals in Black Welland Science Direct trough their websites. Two reviewers appraised the identified studies, and meta-analysis was done to estimate the mean saving cost of patient readmission. All the included studies must have been done by randomization to be eligible for study. Result: We assessed the full-texts 3 out of 65 studies with 754 patients and average age of 74.33.The mean of estimated saving readmission cost in intervention group versus control group was US $2751 (95% CI: 2708 – 2794) and the mean of total saving cost in intervention group versus control group was US $2047 (base year 2010) with (95% CI: 2004 – 2089). No publication bias was found by testing the heterogeneity of studies. Conclusion: One of the effective factors in minimizing the healthcare cost and preventing from hospital re-admission is providing the patients with information prescription in a written format.It is suggested that hospital management, Medicare organizations, policy makers and individual physicians consider the prescription of appropriate medical information as the indispensable part of patient’s care process.http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JCVTR/PDF/JCVTR-7-1.pdfHeart FailurePatient Admission |
| spellingShingle | Zarea Gavgani Vahideh Kazemi Majd Faranak Nosratnejad Shirin Golmohammadi Ali Sadeghi Bazargani Homayoun The Efficacy of Written Information Intervention in Reduction of Hospital Re-admission Cost in Patients With Heart Failure; A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research Heart Failure Patient Admission |
| title | The Efficacy of Written Information Intervention in Reduction of Hospital Re-admission Cost in Patients With Heart Failure; A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
| title_full | The Efficacy of Written Information Intervention in Reduction of Hospital Re-admission Cost in Patients With Heart Failure; A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
| title_fullStr | The Efficacy of Written Information Intervention in Reduction of Hospital Re-admission Cost in Patients With Heart Failure; A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Efficacy of Written Information Intervention in Reduction of Hospital Re-admission Cost in Patients With Heart Failure; A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
| title_short | The Efficacy of Written Information Intervention in Reduction of Hospital Re-admission Cost in Patients With Heart Failure; A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
| title_sort | efficacy of written information intervention in reduction of hospital re admission cost in patients with heart failure a systematic review and meta analysis |
| topic | Heart Failure Patient Admission |
| url | http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JCVTR/PDF/JCVTR-7-1.pdf |
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