Implementing community health worker-patient pairings at the time of hospital discharge: A randomized control trial

In 2011, there were approximately 3.3 million adult 30-day all-cause hospital readmissions in the US generating $41.3 billion in hospital costs. Community health worker (CHW) care delivery is one of very few interventions demonstrated to reduce health care utilization among populations with chronic disease. While there are a number of studies demonstrating improved disease-specific outcomes with CHW interventions, studies examining the effect of CHW care delivery on 30-day readmission rates are rare.

Source: Contemporary Clinical Trials - October 3, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Jocelyn Carter, Anne Walton, Karen Donelan, Anne Thorndike Source Type: research