Open AccessComprehensive Discharge Planning and Home Follow-up of Hospitalized Elders
Author(s) -
Mary D. Naylor,
Dorothy Brooten,
Roberta Campbell,
Barbara S. Jacobsen,
Mathy Mezey,
Mark V. Pauly,
J. Sanford Schwartz
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.281.7.613
Subject(s) - medicine , randomized controlled trial , discharge planning , intervention (counseling) , depression (economics) , emergency medicine , physical therapy , nursing , economics , macroeconomics
Comprehensive discharge planning by advanced practice nurses has demonstrated short-term reductions in readmissions of elderly patients, but the benefits of more intensive follow-up of hospitalized elders at risk for poor outcomes after discharge has not been studied.
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