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Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 Background: Discharge planning is recommended to optimise the transition from acute care to home for patients admitted with stroke. Despite this guideline recommendation, many patients do not receive a discharge care plan. Also, there is limited evidence
Emma Polhill +9 more
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Nurse and Patient Perceptions of Discharge Readiness in Relation to Postdischarge Utilization [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Prevention of hospital readmission and emergency department (ED) utilization will be a crucial strategy in reducing health care costs. There has been limited research on nurse assessment and patient perceptions of discharge readiness in ...
Bobay, Kathleen L. +2 more
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Rational drug use for acute bronchiolitis in emergency care
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2017 Despite the large variety of inhaled treatment options of acute bronchiolitis, there is no generally agreed treatment regime. This study aimed to determine the most appropriate treatment option.
Metin Uysalol +4 more
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Contextual analysis of health care at discharge in leprosy: an integrative review [PDF]
, 2019 Objective: To analyze contextual relations of health care in the discharge of leprosy. Method: An analytical, reflexive study based on the theoretical framework of context analysis, elaborated through an integrative review of literature in the databases ...
Gomes, Bruna RS +5 more
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Predictors of Death and Discharge in Intensive Care Units: A Competing Risks Model [PDF]
Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2019 Objectives: Many risk factors are associated with death in and discharge from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This study aimed to evaluate the risk factors associated with death and discharge among ICU patients.
Zahra Maleki +3 more
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A Descriptive Study of Emergency Department Visits Within 30 Days of Discharge [PDF]
Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2021 Background Unnecessary emergency department (ED) visits are a crucial consideration in discharge planning for acutely admitted patients. This study aimed to identify the reasons for unnecessary visits to the ED within 30 days of discharge from a medical ...
Hyeanji Kim +8 more
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Quality and Cost Analysis of Nurse Staffing, Discharge Preparation, and Postdischarge Utilization [PDF]
, 2011 Objectives. To determine the impact of unit-level nurse staffing on quality of discharge teaching, patient perception of discharge readiness, and postdischarge readmission and emergency department (ED) visits, and cost-benefit of adjustments to unit ...
Bobay, Kathleen +2 more
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Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2022 Background and purpose: Comprehensive discharge program refers to providing education, follow-up and continuity of care. This issue is one of the requirements for the effectiveness of treatment in patients with mental health diseases. This study aimed at
Marzieh Javadi +4 more
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Validation of the Registered Nurse Assessment of Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale [PDF]
, 2018 Background Statistical models for predicting readmissions have been published for high-risk patient populations but typically focus on patient characteristics; nurse judgment is rarely considered in a formalized way to supplement prediction models ...
Bobay, Kathleen L. +3 more
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Evaluation of discharge instructions among hospitalized Lebanese patients
Pharmacy Practice, 2020 Background: Hospital readmissions are considered as the primary indicator of insufficient quality of care and are responsible of increasing annual medical costs by billions of dollars.
Mirella Fares +3 more
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