Telephone Contact Between Hospital and General Practitioner About Medication Review for Older Patients

Number of readmissions

Data from registers

Time frame: within 30 days after discharge

Number of emergency visits

Data from registers

Time frame: within 30 days after discharge

Number of visits at general practitioner

Data from registers

Time frame: within 30 days after discharge

Patient satisfaction with the discharge

Measured by telephone interview

Time frame: 14 days after discharge

Changes in patient-experienced quality of life

Measured by telephone interview using the 5-item questionnaire EQ-5D, where each question can be answered on a 5-point Likert Scale ranging from "very high degree of problems" to "very low degree of problems"

Time frame: At admission and 14 days after discharge

Health care professionals satisfaction

Measured by a questionnaire

Time frame: 3 months after implementation