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SAID
Patients who declined to participate explicitly said no to the offer of randomization. Patients who gave a soft decline did not provide consent when approached but did not decline to participate and could be approached again during future hospitalizations if they were otherwise eligible. Patients who were unable to provide consent were either discharged or died before they could be reached or were unable to consent for reasons such as being asleep. Patients who consented but were excluded included 5 patients who consented and later asked to be removed from the trial and the last 4 patients enrolled in the trial who were excluded to keep the trial population at the target of 800 patients. For patients in the trial population to be included in the analysis sample, a record of their index admission had to have been found in the hospital discharge data. Further information is provided in Patients enrolled in the intervention arm of the trial received care management services from registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, social workers, health coaches, and community health workers for a mean 120 days after discharge from their index admission. The details of the intervention are described in the original trial report.