Follow-up PCP visits again shown to reduce hospital readmissions

Patients admitted for an emergency general surgery condition had nearly 70% reduced odds of readmission if they had a primary care physician follow-up visit within 30 days of discharge, a study found.
“In [emergency general surgery (EGS)] specifically, 8.1% of all patients experience an unplanned readmission, with particularly increased risk among adults with preexisting comorbidities and extended hospital stays, a pattern also observed in major elective surgery,” Adora N. Moneme, BS, from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and colleagues wrote in JAMA

Patients admitted for an emergency general surgery condition had nearly 70% reduced odds of readmission if they had a primary care physician follow-up visit within 30 days of discharge, a study found.
“In [emergency general surgery (EGS)] specifically, 8.1% of all patients experience an unplanned readmission, with particularly increased risk among adults with preexisting comorbidities and extended hospital stays, a pattern also observed in major elective surgery,” Adora N. Moneme, BS, from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and colleagues wrote in JAMA