Impact of a local community lay health navigator program on acute hospital needs: a pragmatic propensity-score matching study.
Authors
Sarah Thomas
Staying Well and Hospital Without Walls Program, Northern Health, Epping, Victoria, Australia
Rebecca Jessup
Staying Well and Hospital Without Walls Program, Northern Health, Epping, Victoria, Australia/School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
Keith Stockman
Staying Well and Hospital Without Walls Program, Northern Health, Epping, Victoria, Australia
Daniel Nguyen
Staying Well and Hospital Without Walls Program, Northern Health, Epping, Victoria, Australia
Donald Campbell
Staying Well and Hospital Without Walls Program, Northern Health, Epping, Victoria, Australia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.ICIC25223 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
Language: English
Page range: 223 - 223
Published on: Mar 24, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
© 2026 Sarah Thomas, Rebecca Jessup, Keith Stockman, Daniel Nguyen, Donald Campbell, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.