Comprehensive discharge planning and home follow-up of hospitalized elders: a randomized clinical trial

This is a critical abstract of an economic evaluation that meets the criteria for inclusion on NHS EED. Each abstract contains a brief summary of the methods, the results and conclusions followed by a detailed critical assessment on the reliability of the study and the conclusions drawn. An advanced practice-nurse centred discharge planning and home care intervention for at-risk hospitalized elderly people reduced readmissions, lengthened the time between discharge and readmission, and decreased the costs of providing health care. Thus, the intervention demonstrated great potential in promoting positive outcomes for hospitalized elderly people at high risk for rehospitalisation while reducing costs.