Reducing unplanned admission to hospital of community dwelling adults:evidence review

We worked with an academic researcher to do a rapid review of published evidence to find out what interventions may reduce unplanned admission to hospital for adults with long-term conditions. We did this to inform some upcoming improvement work on people with long term conditions. We did not include reviews with a focus on frailty, older people, dementia, learning disability, or mental health because these are covered by previous or otherplanned work.We wanted to answer the following questions: What interventions have been tested orevaluated for reducing unplannedadmission to hospital of communitydwelling adults? Which populations have interventionsbeen tested on? What is the effectiveness of anyinterventions? What is the evidence for the cost of anyinterventions? Which interventions are most relevant tothe Scottish context?To answer these questions we searched for existing reviews of research evidence that had been published in five key health and care databases since 2000.