Development of a complex intervention aimed at reducing the risk of readmission of elderly patients discharged from the emergency department using the intervention mapping protocol

Abstract Background Limitations in performing daily activities and a incoherent discharge are risk factors for readmission of elderly patients after discharge from the emergency department. This paper describes the development and design of a complex intervention whose aim was to reduce the risk of...

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Main Authors: Louise Moeldrup Nielsen, Thomas Maribo, Hans Kirkegaard, Kirsten Shultz Petersen, Lisa Gregersen Oestergaard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3391-4