Journal of clinical nursing
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Follow-up telephone calls to patients discharged after undergoing orthopaedic surgery: double-blind, randomised controlled trial of efficacy.
To evaluate the effectiveness of a follow-up telephone call to reduce the number of issues after hospital discharge. ⋯ A nurse-led telephone follow-up is a simple, feasible and low-cost tool to improve patients' outcomes after discharge.