Prevention

Why?

• A multidisciplinary team intervention (involving nurses ^a and pharmacists ^a ) reduces readmission to hospital compared with standard care. ^a
• The effect on mortality is unclear. ^a

A multidiscipinary team intervention reduces readmissions to hospital

Patient	Treatment	Comparison	Outcome	CER	OR	NNT (95% CI)
discharged following an admission with heart failure a	outpatient multidisciplinary team intervention	usual follow-up	readmission to hospital at months	50%	0.77 (0.68 to 0.86)	9 (6 to 14)