Municipality-based Post-discharge Follow-up Visits

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

531

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

February 29, 2012

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2013

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2013

Conditions
FrailtyReadmissionTransitionPrimary Care
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Receive municipality-based follow-up visit

Systematic electronic referral from hospital to municipality of high risk people at discharge from a medical ward. Contact from municipality service to primary physician and citizen, to arrange first home visit within 7 days with focus on: medication, rehabilitation plan and health care appointments, functional level and need for further health care initiatives. The visit is concluded by planning of further visits (up till tree) and division of responsibilities between primary physician and the municipality service.

Trial Locations (1)

4300

Medicinsk Afdeling, Holbæk Sygehus, Holbæk

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Region Sjælland

OTHER

collaborator

Danish Institute for Public Health

OTHER

lead

Holbaek Sygehus

OTHER

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