UF’s Almut Winterstein, Regina Bussing, and Amie Goodin have created a quality measure that tracks 30-day hospital readmission rates for psychiatric patients following discharge. This measure can help hospitals assess how effectively they are delivering inpatient psychiatric care.
“We found one in five patients admitted to the hospital for a psychiatric condition end up being readmitted within 30 days and almost half require inpatient care within six months,” says Winterstein. Bussing notes that comprehensive discharge planning to ensure that patients have medical and social support can make a big difference in readmission rates.
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