Identifying patients with high risk of readmission from the patient navigators’ perspectives: a descriptive qualitative study

Background: Unplanned readmission incurs additional cost to patients and contributes to the rising healthcare cost of our nation. Although numerous studies have investigated the predicting factors that contribute to hospital readmission, the majority of the studies focused on clinical and patient-re...

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Main Authors: Mas Rizalynda Mohd Razali, Yan Chew Chong, Nur Zarifah Mustapha, Yi Xu, Salimah Mohd Ayoob, Mei Ling Lim, Fazila Aloweni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-09-01
Series:Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2010105816685340