A hospital clinician contacts persons who had been discharged from the hospital 5 years earlier, to see if they were re-hospitalized during that period. What type of research study is represented by the clinician's work?

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The clinician's work involves following up with individuals who were previously hospitalized to determine if they were re-hospitalized during a specific period of time, which is a key feature of a follow-up study. A case study involves assessing a single case or individual, a longitudinal study involves repeated measures of the same group over an extended period of time, and a correlational study investigates the relationship between two or more variables.

A Hospital Clinician Contacts Persons Who Had Been Discharged from the Hospital