Effects of post‐discharge telephone calls on the rate of emergency department visits in paediatric patients

PatientshospitalisedonthePaediatricServicefromMay2008throughDecember2008wereincludedintheinterventiongroupandpatients hospitalised from May 2007 through December 2007 were included in the control group. Within 3 days of hospital discharge, nursepractitioners attempted daily to contact caregivers in the intervention group and asked children conditions and provided health information.