Effectiveness of intermediate care in nursing-led in-patient units

Effectiveness of nursing‐led inpatient care for patients with post‐acute health care needs: secondary data analysis from a programme of randomized controlled trials

“…This technique is an alternative approach to systematic review and meta-analysis methodology that generally relies on the summary findings of studies that are very likely to have used different data collection and analysis methods, details of which are often brief in published research papers. However, it is interesting that the main findings of a systematic review of postacute intermediate care in NLIUs conducted by authors of this paper [45,46], in which nine studies were included, are broadly in agreement with those presented here. Confidence in the findings of both studies is reinforced by the use of different data analysis methods.…”

Impact of disease management programs on healthcare expenditures for patients with diabetes, depression, heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A systematic review of the literature

“…Steuten et al [10], Adams et al [9], and Sidorov et al [22] found that disease management programs for these chronic diseases lead to a reduction in healthcare costs due to e.g. fewer hospital admissions or fewer emergency room visits, whereas other studies did not find rigorous evidence for notable reductions in such healthcare costs [8,[23][24][25].…”

Long-term patients' outcomes after intermediate care at a community hospital for elderly patients: 12-month follow-up of a randomized controlled trial

“…The question of optimal organization of care and rehabilitation of hospitalized elderly patients has been discussed among professionals both nationally and internationally in recent years [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. One of the conclusions in a report from Norway is that the pressure on general hospital beds is dependent on the competence of, and collaboration between, staff at both the primary and secondary care levels [16].…”