2023
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-04192-7
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Recent functional decline and outpatient follow-up after hospital discharge: a cohort study

Orly Bogler,
David Kirkwood,
Peter C. Austin
et al.

Abstract: Background Functional decline is common following acute hospitalization and is associated with hospital readmission, institutionalization, and mortality. People with functional decline may have difficulty accessing post-discharge medical care, even though early physician follow-up has the potential to prevent poor outcomes and is integral to high-quality transitional care. We sought to determine whether recent functional decline was associated with lower rates of post-discharge physician follow… Show more

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