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- Title
Cochrane Review Brief: Discharge Planning from Hospital to Home.
- Authors
An, Diana
- Abstract
The article presents a review of literature on the discharge planning of patients from hospital to home and its nursing implications. The review covered 24 randomized controlled trials (RCT) involving 8,098 hospitalized patients. Results indicate significantly increased satisfaction for patients allocated to the individualized discharge planning group.
- Subjects
HEALTH status indicators; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; EVALUATION of medical care; MEDICAL care costs; META-analysis; NURSES; PATIENT satisfaction; QUALITY of life; SYSTEMATIC reviews; OCCUPATIONAL roles; EVIDENCE-based nursing; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; DISCHARGE planning; PATIENT readmissions
- Publication
Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 2015, Vol 20, Issue 2, p3
- ISSN
1091-3734
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3912/OJIN.Vol20No02CRBCol01