Open AccessAn Early Screening Tool for Discharge Planning Shortened Length of Hospital Stay for Elderly Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Author(s) -
Chunyan Hao,
Yu Hara,
Nobuyuki Horita,
Yusuke Saigusa,
Takeshi Kaneko
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s296390
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , community acquired pneumonia , hospital discharge , aspiration pneumonia , comorbidity , discharge planning , observational study , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , nursing
Community-acquired pneumonia is one of the most common diseases in elderly persons and usually results in a prolonged hospital stay. Discharge planning plays an important role in reducing the length of hospitalization. This study was designed to determine whether early screening for risk factors for delayed discharge could improve the quality of discharge planning.