Readmission and mortality in patients treated by interprofessional student teams at a training ward compared with patients receiving usual care: a retrospective cohort study

Objective This study aimed to compare the rate of patient readmissions and mortality between care provided at an orthopaedic interprofessional training ward (IPTW) and usual care. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Orthopaedic wards at a level II trauma centre at a Swedish university teaching hospital between 2006 and 2011. Participants Two cohorts were identified: (1) a control cohort that had not received care at the IPTW, and (2)...