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Zhao JY, Presley C, Madariaga ML, Ferguson M, Merritt RE, Kneuertz PJ. Prehabilitation for Older Adults Undergoing Lung Cancer Surgery: A Literature Review and Needs Assessment. Clin Lung Cancer 2024:S1525-7304(24)00142-6. [PMID: 39122607 DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2024.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2024] [Accepted: 07/07/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024]
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Early-stage lung cancer patients are increasingly considered for preoperative systemic therapy. Older adults in particular are among the most vulnerable patients, with little known on how preoperative therapies affect the risk-benefit of surgery. We sought to summarize the current literature and elucidate existing evidence gaps on the effects of prehabilitation interventions relative to age-related functional impairments and the unique needs of older patients undergoing lung cancer surgery. A literature review was performed using PubMed and Google Scholar databases, of all scientific articles published through April 2022 which report on the effects of prehabilitation on patients undergoing lung cancer surgery. We extracted current prehabilitation protocols and their impact on physical functioning, resilience, and patient-reported outcomes of older patients. Emerging evidence suggests that prehabilitation may enhance functional capacity and minimize the untoward effects of surgery for patients following lung resection similar to, or potentially even better than, traditional postoperative rehabilitation. The impact of preoperative interventions on surgical risk due to frailty remains ill-defined. Most studies evaluating prehabilitation include older patients, but few studies report on activities of daily living, self-care, mobility activities, and psychological resilience in older individuals. Preliminary data suggest the feasibility of physical therapy and resilience interventions in older individuals concurrent with systemic therapy. Future research is needed to determine best prehabilitation strategies for older lung cancer patients aimed to optimize age-related impairments and minimize surgical risk.
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- Jane Y Zhao
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN.
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Thoracic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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- Thoracic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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BACKGROUND Discharge planning is a routine feature of health systems in many countries that aims to reduce delayed discharge from hospital, and improve the co-ordination of services following discharge from hospital and reduce the risk of hospital readmission. This is the fifth update of the original review. OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness of planning the discharge of individual patients moving from hospital. SEARCH METHODS We searched CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase and two trials registers on 20 April 2021. We searched two other databases up to 31 March 2020. We also conducted reference checking, citation searching and contact with study authors to identify additional studies. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomised trials that compared an individualised discharge plan with routine discharge that was not tailored to individual participants. Participants were hospital inpatients. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two review authors independently undertook data analysis and quality assessment using a pre-designed data extraction sheet. We grouped studies by older people with a medical condition, people recovering from surgery, and studies that recruited participants with a mix of conditions. We calculated risk ratios (RRs) for dichotomous outcomes and mean differences (MDs) for continuous data using fixed-effect meta-analysis. When combining outcome data it was not possible because of differences in the reporting of outcomes, we summarised the reported results for each trial in the text. MAIN RESULTS We included 33 trials (12,242 participants), four new trials included in this update. The majority of trials (N = 30) recruited participants with a medical diagnosis, average age range 60 to 84 years; four of these trials also recruited participants who were in hospital for a surgical procedure. Participants allocated to discharge planning and who were in hospital for a medical condition had a small reduction in the initial hospital length of stay (MD - 0.73, 95% confidence interval (CI) - 1.33 to - 0.12; 11 trials, 2113 participants; moderate-certainty evidence), and a relative reduction in readmission to hospital over an average of three months follow-up (RR 0.89, 95% CI 0.81 to 0.97; 17 trials, 5126 participants; moderate-certainty evidence). There was little or no difference in participant's health status (mortality at three- to nine-month follow-up: RR 1.05, 95% CI 0.85 to 1.29; 8 trials, 2721 participants; moderate certainty) functional status and psychological health measured by a range of measures, 12 studies, 2927 participants; low certainty evidence). There was some evidence that satisfaction might be increased for patients (7 trials), caregivers (1 trial) or healthcare professionals (2 trials) (very low certainty evidence). The cost of a structured discharge plan compared with routine discharge is uncertain (7 trials recruiting 7873 participants with a medical condition; very low certainty evidence). AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS A structured discharge plan that is tailored to the individual patient probably brings about a small reduction in the initial hospital length of stay and readmissions to hospital for older people with a medical condition, may slightly increase patient satisfaction with healthcare received. The impact on patient health status and healthcare resource use or cost to the health service is uncertain.
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- Daniela C Gonçalves-Bradley
- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Porto, Portugal
- Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Brain Recovery and Rehabilitation Group, Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney School of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Sydney Medical School, Northern Clinical School, The University of Sydney, St Leonards, Australia
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- Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Ogilvie JW, Qayyum I, Parker JL, Luchtefeld MA. Use of a standardized discharge checklist with daily post-operative C-reactive protein monitoring does not impact readmission rates after colon and rectal surgery. Int J Colorectal Dis 2021; 36:1271-1278. [PMID: 33543391 DOI: 10.1007/s00384-021-03866-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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PURPOSE Elevated CRP has been associated with infectious complications after colorectal surgery but has not been evaluated in a prospective fashion as part of a discharge checklist. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a multi-component "discharge criteria checklist" that included daily use of CRP in decreasing hospital readmission rates after colorectal surgery. METHODS This is a prospective before and after study design that included consecutive patients undergoing major colorectal operations at a single university-affiliated community hospital over a 2-year period. The primary outcome was inpatient or emergency department readmission after 30 days. Selected pre- and peri-operative factors associated with readmissions were then examined in a multivariate analysis model. RESULTS The study included a total of 1546 patients. Surgical indications were inflammatory bowel disease (15%), colorectal cancer (24%), and benign disease (60%); 9.5% were emergencies. The readmission rates for each group were similar, 17.3% and 17.0%, for the control and discharge checklist groups, respectively (p=0.88). On multivariate analysis of the discharge checklist group dataset, only age, sex, surgical acuity and operating time were statistically significant risk factors. The difference of median CRP values on the day of discharge of those readmitted compared to those not readmitted (35 vs 32 mg/L) was not statistically significant (p=0.28). CONCLUSIONS The institution of a "discharge checklist" did not impact post-operative hospital readmissions. Not only were readmissions unchanged by the use of a CRP threshold at discharge, but CRP levels at the time of discharge were not associated with readmissions.
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- James W Ogilvie
- Michigan State University-affiliated hospitals, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI, USA. .,Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Michigan State University- affiliated hospitals, Spectrum Health, 4100 Lake Dr. SE, Suite 205, Grand Rapids, MI, 49546, USA.
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- Michigan State University-affiliated hospitals, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.,Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Michigan State University- affiliated hospitals, Spectrum Health, 4100 Lake Dr. SE, Suite 205, Grand Rapids, MI, 49546, USA
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- Michigan State University-affiliated hospitals, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.,Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Michigan State University- affiliated hospitals, Spectrum Health, 4100 Lake Dr. SE, Suite 205, Grand Rapids, MI, 49546, USA
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- Michigan State University-affiliated hospitals, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.,Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Michigan State University- affiliated hospitals, Spectrum Health, 4100 Lake Dr. SE, Suite 205, Grand Rapids, MI, 49546, USA
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Chocron R, Tamisier T, Feral-Pierssens AL, Juvin P. Establishing a written advice sheet to patients consulting for wound to emergency ward improves postemergency care. Turk J Emerg Med 2021; 21:6-13. [PMID: 33575509 PMCID: PMC7864124 DOI: 10.4103/2452-2473.301918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES: Sutures require follow-up visits for favorable evolution. To improve postemergency wound care, we decided to include a standardized advice sheet for patients based on current recommendations. The objective is to assess its effectiveness on outpatients' compliance after being discharged from the emergency department (ED). METHODS: We performed a prospective, pre–post design trial in an ED of a teaching hospital. We included for two consecutive months all patients aged ≥16 years old and consulting for wounds that needed suturing, and we excluded chronic wounds, burns, and hand wounds since they all need special care. During the 1st month, all patients received during ED visit usual verbal instructions concerning the postemergency care (Group A). During the 2nd month, all patients received usual verbal instructions and a standardized written advice sheet that detailed postemergency wound care (Group B). We organized telephone follow-up after the suture removal date and asked about dressing changes, appearance of infection signs, and respect of suture removal date. We compared patients;' characteristics in the two groups and performed a multivariable logistic regression using compliance to discharge instructions as our endpoint. RESULTS: For 2 months, 509 patients consulted for wounds. 119 (23.4%) patients were included in the study and followed. Baseline characteristics of patients did not differ between the two groups. Patients who received the advice sheet (Group B) had a better compliance in postemergency care (91.7% vs. 72.9%; P = 0.01). Moreover, there were significantly less dressing changes in Group B than in Group A (5.3 [2.2] vs. 12.9 [7.7]; P < 0.01) and suture removal date was more in agreement with recommendations in Group B (83.9% vs. 66.7%; P = 0.03). Occurrence of infection was not significantly different between groups (9.7% vs. 13.7%; P = 0.37). CONCLUSION: For the management of wound care, discharge hospital process including a written advice sheet improves outpatients' compliance and postemergency care.
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- Richard Chocron
- Department of Emergency, Université de Paris, PARCC, INSERM, AP-HP, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, F-75015 Paris, France
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- Department of Emergency, AP-HP, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, F-75015 Paris, France
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- Department of Emergency, Paris University, AP-HP, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, F-75015 Paris, France
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Archambault PM, Rivard J, Smith PY, Sinha S, Morin M, LeBlanc A, Couturier Y, Pelletier I, Ghandour EK, Légaré F, Denis JL, Melady D, Paré D, Chouinard J, Kroon C, Huot-Lavoie M, Bert L, Witteman HO, Brousseau AA, Dallaire C, Sirois MJ, Émond M, Fleet R, Chandavong S. Learning Integrated Health System to Mobilize Context-Adapted Knowledge With a Wiki Platform to Improve the Transitions of Frail Seniors From Hospitals and Emergency Departments to the Community (LEARNING WISDOM): Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Implementation Study. JMIR Res Protoc 2020; 9:e17363. [PMID: 32755891 PMCID: PMC7439141 DOI: 10.2196/17363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Elderly patients discharged from hospital experience fragmented care, repeated and lengthy emergency department (ED) visits, relapse into their earlier condition, and rapid cognitive and functional decline. The Acute Care for Elders (ACE) program at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada uses innovative strategies, such as transition coaches, to improve the care transition experiences of frail elderly patients. The ACE program reduced the lengths of hospital stay and readmission for elderly patients, increased patient satisfaction, and saved the health care system over Can $4.2 million (US $2.6 million) in 2014. In 2016, a context-adapted ACE program was implemented at one hospital in the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches (CISSS-CA) with a focus on improving transitions between hospitals and the community. The quality improvement project used an intervention strategy based on iterative user-centered design prototyping and a "Wiki-suite" (free web-based database containing evidence-based knowledge tools) to engage multiple stakeholders. OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study are to (1) implement a context-adapted CISSS-CA ACE program in four hospitals in the CISSS-CA and measure its impact on patient-, caregiver-, clinical-, and hospital-level outcomes; (2) identify underlying mechanisms by which our context-adapted CISSS-CA ACE program improves care transitions for the elderly; and (3) identify underlying mechanisms by which the Wiki-suite contributes to context-adaptation and local uptake of knowledge tools. METHODS Objective 1 will involve staggered implementation of the context-adapted CISSS-CA ACE program across the four CISSS-CA sites and interrupted time series to measure the impact on hospital-, patient-, and caregiver-level outcomes. Objectives 2 and 3 will involve a parallel mixed-methods process evaluation study to understand the mechanisms by which our context-adapted CISSS-CA ACE program improves care transitions for the elderly and by which our Wiki-suite contributes to adaptation, implementation, and scaling up of geriatric knowledge tools. RESULTS Data collection started in January 2019. As of January 2020, we enrolled 1635 patients and 529 caregivers from the four participating hospitals. Data collection is projected to be completed in January 2022. Data analysis has not yet begun. Results are expected to be published in 2022. Expected results will be presented to different key internal stakeholders to better support the effort and resources deployed in the transition of seniors. Through key interventions focused on seniors, we are expecting to increase patient satisfaction and quality of care and reduce readmission and ED revisit. CONCLUSIONS This study will provide evidence on effective knowledge translation strategies to adapt best practices to the local context in the transition of care for elderly people. The knowledge generated through this project will support future scale-up of the ACE program and our wiki methodology in other settings in Canada. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04093245; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04093245. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/17363.
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- Patrick Michel Archambault
- Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches, Ste-Marie, QC, Canada
- VITAM - Centre de recherche en santé durable, Québec, QC, Canada
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Centre de recherche intégrée pour un système apprenant en santé et services sociaux, Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches, Lévis, QC, Canada
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- Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches, Ste-Marie, QC, Canada
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- Centre de recherche intégrée pour un système apprenant en santé et services sociaux, Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches, Lévis, QC, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, QC, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, QC, Canada
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- Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches, Ste-Marie, QC, Canada
- Centre de recherche intégrée pour un système apprenant en santé et services sociaux, Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches, Lévis, QC, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- VITAM - Centre de recherche en santé durable, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Department of Social Work, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches, Ste-Marie, QC, Canada
- Centre de recherche intégrée pour un système apprenant en santé et services sociaux, Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches, Lévis, QC, Canada
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- VITAM - Centre de recherche en santé durable, Québec, QC, Canada
- Centre de recherche intégrée pour un système apprenant en santé et services sociaux, Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches, Lévis, QC, Canada
- Institut national d'excellence en sante et en services sociaux, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- VITAM - Centre de recherche en santé durable, Québec, QC, Canada
- Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale (CIUSSS-CN), Québec, QC, Canada
- Canada Research Chair in Shared Decision Making and Knowledge Translation, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Département de gestion, d'évaluation et de politique de santé, École de santé publique, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Schwartz-Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches, Ste-Marie, QC, Canada
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- Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches, Ste-Marie, QC, Canada
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- Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches, Ste-Marie, QC, Canada
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- Centre de recherche intégrée pour un système apprenant en santé et services sociaux, Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches, Lévis, QC, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Centre de recherche intégrée pour un système apprenant en santé et services sociaux, Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches, Lévis, QC, Canada
- Faculty of Nursing, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- VITAM - Centre de recherche en santé durable, Québec, QC, Canada
- Office of Education and Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie - CHUS, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Centre de recherche intégrée pour un système apprenant en santé et services sociaux, Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches, Lévis, QC, Canada
- Faculty of Nursing, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- VITAM - Centre de recherche en santé durable, Québec, QC, Canada
- Centre d'excellence sur le vieillissement du Québec, Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement, Québec, QC, Canada
- Département de réadaptation, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- VITAM - Centre de recherche en santé durable, Québec, QC, Canada
- CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- VITAM - Centre de recherche en santé durable, Québec, QC, Canada
- Centre de recherche intégrée pour un système apprenant en santé et services sociaux, Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches, Lévis, QC, Canada
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- Centre de recherche intégrée pour un système apprenant en santé et services sociaux, Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches, Lévis, QC, Canada
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Ådnanes M, Cresswell-Smith J, Melby L, Westerlund H, Šprah L, Sfetcu R, Straßmayr C, Donisi V. Discharge planning, self-management, and community support: Strategies to avoid psychiatric rehospitalisation from a service user perspective. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2020; 103:1033-1040. [PMID: 31836249 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2019.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Psychiatric rehospitalisation is often seen as a negative outcome in terms of healthcare quality and cost, as well as potentially hindering the process of recovery. The purpose of our study was to explore psychiatric rehospitalisation from a service-user perspective, paying attention to how rehospitalisation can be avoided. METHOD Eight focus groups, including a total of 55 mental health service users, were conducted in six European countries (Austria, Finland, Italy, Norway, Romania, and Slovenia). The results were analysed using systematic text condensation. RESULTS All participants had been in touch with mental health services for at least one year, and had experienced more than one psychiatric hospitalisation. Participants emphasised the importance of discharge planning and psychoeducation both during and after the hospital stay, as well as the benefits of structured plans, coping strategies, self-monitoring techniques, and close contact with local community services.Social contacts and meaningful activities were also considered to be critical, as was support from peers and family members. CONCLUSION Efforts to avoid psychiatric rehospitalisation should include actions that support a functional day-to-day life, improve coping strategies, and build on cross-sectoral collaboration. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS The study emphasises the need for psychoeducational and psychosocial interventions, starting already during the inpatient stay.
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- M Ådnanes
- SINTEF Digital, Dept of Health Research, PO Box 4760 Torgarden, 7465 Trondheim, Norway.
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Mental Health Unit, Helsinki, Finland.
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- SINTEF Digital, Dept of Health Research, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Competence Centre for Experiential Knowledge and Service Development, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Sociomedical Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- National School of Public Health, Management and Professional Development, Bucharest; 2. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Bucharest, Romania.
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- IMEHPS. Research - Forschungsinstitut für Sozialpsychiatrie, Vienna, Austria.
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- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
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How to develop a national heart failure clinics network: a consensus document of the Hellenic Heart Failure Association. ESC Heart Fail 2020; 7:15-25. [PMID: 32100972 PMCID: PMC7083479 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Revised: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Heart failure (HF) is rapidly growing, conferring considerable mortality, morbidity, and costs. Dedicated HF clinics improve patient outcomes, and the development of a national HF clinics network aims at addressing this need at national level. Such a network should respect the existing health care infrastructures, and according to the capacities of hosting facilities, it can be organized into three levels. Establishing the continuous communication and interaction among the components of the network is crucial, while supportive actions that can enhance its efficiency include involvement of multidisciplinary health care professionals, use of structured HF‐specific documents, such as discharge notes, patient information leaflets, and patient booklets, and implementation of an HF‐specific electronic health care record and database platform.
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Weetman K, Dale J, Scott E, Schnurr S. The Discharge Communication Study: research protocol for a mixed methods study to investigate and triangulate discharge communication experiences of patients, GPs, and hospital professionals, alongside a corresponding discharge letter sample. BMC Health Serv Res 2019; 19:825. [PMID: 31711500 PMCID: PMC6849198 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4612-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Discharge letters are crucial during care transitions from hospital to home. Research indicates a need for improvement to increase quality of care and decrease adverse outcomes. These letters are often sent from the hospital discharging physician to the referring clinician, typically the patient's General Practitioner (GP) in the UK, and patients may or may not be copied into them. Relatively little is known about the barriers and enablers to sending patients discharge letters. Hence, the aim of this study was to investigate from GP, hospital professional (HP) and patient perspectives how to improve processes of patients receiving letters and increase quality of discharge letters. The study has a particular focus on the impacts of receiving or not receiving letters on patient experiences and quality of care. METHODS The setting was a region in the West Midlands of England, UK. The research aimed to recruit a minimum of 30 GPs, 30 patients and 30 HPs in order to capture 90 experiences of discharge communication. Participating GPs initially screened and selected a range of recent discharge letters which they assessed to be successful and unsuccessful exemplars. These letters identified potential participants who were invited to take part: the HP letter writer, GP recipient and patient. Participant viewpoints are collected through interviews, focus groups and surveys and will be "matched" to the discharge letter sample, so forming multiple-perspective "quartet" cases. These "quartets" allow direct comparisons between different discharge experiences within the same communicative event. The methods for analysis draw on techniques from the fields of Applied Linguistics and Health Sciences, including: corpus linguistics; inferential statistics; content analysis. DISCUSSION This mixed-methods study is novel in attempting to triangulate views of patients, GPs and HPs in relation to specific discharge letters. Patient and practitioner involvement will inform design decisions and interpretation of findings. Recommendations for improving discharge letters and the process of patients receiving letters will be made, with the intention of informing guidelines on discharge communication. Ethics approval was granted in July 2017 by the UK Health Research Authority. Findings will be disseminated in peer-reviewed journals, reports and newsletters, and presentations.
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- Katharine Weetman
- Unit of Academic Primary Care, Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL UK
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- Unit of Academic Primary Care, Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL UK
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- Unit of Academic Primary Care, Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL UK
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- Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL UK
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RECALMIN. Cuatro años de evolución de las Unidades de Medicina Interna del Sistema Nacional de Salud (2013-2016). Rev Clin Esp 2019; 219:171-176. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rce.2018.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2018] [Revised: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 11/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Zapatero-Gaviria A, Gomez-Huelgas R, Diez-Manglano J, Barba-Martín R, Carretero-Gomez J, Maestre-Peiró A, Bernal-Sobrino J, Marco-Martinez J, Fernandez-Perez C, Elola-Somoza F. RECALMIN. Four years of growth of the internal medicine units of the Spanish National Health System (2013–2016). Rev Clin Esp 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rceng.2019.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Provencher V, D’Amours M, Viscogliosi C, Guay M, Giroux D, Dubé V, Delli-Colli N, Corriveau H, Egan M. Risks Perceived by Frail Male Patients, Family Caregivers and Clinicians in Hospital: Do they Change after Discharge? A Multiple Case Study. Int J Integr Care 2019; 19:4. [PMID: 30804726 PMCID: PMC6384319 DOI: 10.5334/ijic.4166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 02/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Up to 40% of hospitalised seniors are frail and most want to return home after discharge. Inaccurate estimation of risks in the hospital may lead to inadequate support at home. This study aimed to document convergences and divergences between risks and support needs identified before hospital discharge and perceived at home post-discharge. METHODS This research used a multiple case study design. Three cases were recruited, each involving a hospitalised frail patient aged 70+, the main family caregiver and most of the clinicians who assessed the patient before and after hospital discharge. Thirty-two semi-structured interviews were conducted and their transcripts analysed using a qualitative thematic analysis approach. RESULTS Among risks raised by participants, falls were the only one with total inter-participant/inter-time/inter-case convergence. In all cases, all participants mentioned, before and after discharge, home adaptations and use of technical aids to mitigate this risk. However, clinicians recommended professional services while patients and family caregivers preferred to rely on family members and their own coping strategies. CONCLUSION The divergences identified for most risks and support needs between users and clinicians, before and after discharge, provide new insights into a comprehensive and patient-centred risk assessment process to plan hospital discharge for frail elderly.
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- Véronique Provencher
- School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke and Research Centre on Aging, Québec, CA
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- School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke and Research Centre on Aging, Québec, CA
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- School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke and Research Centre on Aging, Québec, CA
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval and Centre of Excellence on Aging, Québec, CA
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- Research Centre, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Québec, CA
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- School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke and Research Centre on Aging, Québec, CA
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- School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke and Research Centre on Aging, Québec, CA
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- School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ontario, CA
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Choudhry AJ, Younis M, Ray-Zack MD, Glasgow AE, Haddad NN, Habermann EB, Jenkins DH, Heller SF, Schiller HJ, Zielinski MD. Enhanced readability of discharge summaries decreases provider telephone calls and patient readmissions in the posthospital setting. Surgery 2018; 165:789-794. [PMID: 30467038 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Revised: 09/22/2018] [Accepted: 10/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Hospital discharge instructions provide critical information necessary for patients to manage their own care; however, often they are written at a substantially higher readability level than recommended (ie, 6th-grade level) by the American Medical Association and the National Institutes of Health. We hypothesize that improving the reading level of discharge instructions will decrease the number of patient telephone calls and readmissions in the posthospital setting. METHODS We conducted a prospective observational study. Patient discharge instructions were edited and incorporated to enhance the readability level in August 2015. Return telephone call and readmissions of patients admitted before the intervention from August 1, 2014, to January 31, 2015, were compared with the prospective cohort studied from September 1, 2015, to September 30, 2016. RESULTS A total of 1,072 patients were included (preintervention: n = 493, postintervention: n = 579). Patient demographics, injury characteristics, and education level were similar among both groups. The median discharge instruction readability level in the postintervention group was significantly lower (10.0, 95% CI 10.0-10.2 vs 8.6, 95% CI 8.8-8.9; P < .0001). The proportion of patients calling after hospital discharge was significantly reduced after the intervention (21.9% vs 9.0%; P < .0001). Monthly hospital readmissions were decreased by 50% for every 100 patients discharged after the intervention (1.9% vs 0.9%; P = .002). The proportion of patients calling and readmissions for poor pain control significantly decreased after the intervention (7.1% vs 2.59%; P = .0005 and 2.8% vs 1.0%; P = .029, respectively). CONCLUSION Enhanced readability of discharge instructions was associated with a decrease in the number of telephone calls and readmissions in the posthospital setting, enhancing health literacy and simultaneously reducing the burden on providers. Improved patient instructions written to an appropriate level may also allow for better pain control in the posthospital setting.
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- Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Surgical Outcomes Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Surgical Outcomes Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX
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Buttigieg SC, Abela L, Pace A. Variables affecting hospital length of stay: a scoping review. J Health Organ Manag 2018; 32:463-493. [DOI: 10.1108/jhom-10-2017-0275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Purpose
Tertiary hospitals have registered an incremental rise in expenditure mostly because of the increasing demands by ageing populations. Reducing the length of stay (LOS) of patients within tertiary hospitals is one of the strategies, which has been used in the last decades to ensure health care systems’ sustainability. Furthermore, LOS is one of the key performance indicators, which is widely used to assess hospital efficiency. Hence, it is crucial that policy makers use evidence-based practices in health care to aim for optimal LOS. The purpose of this paper is to identify and summarize empirical research that brings together studies on the various variables that directly or indirectly impact on LOS within tertiary hospitals so as to develop a LOS causal systems model.
Design/methodology/approach
This scoping review was guided by the following research question: “What is affecting the LOS of patients within tertiary-level health care?” and by the guidelines specified by Arksey and O’Malley (2005), and by Armstrong et al. (2011). Relevant current literature was retrieved by searching various electronic databases. The PRISMA model provided the process guidelines to identify and select eligible studies.
Findings
An extensive literature search yielded a total of 30,350 references of which 46 were included in the final analysis. These articles yielded variables, which directly/indirectly are linked to LOS. These were then organized according to the Donabedian model – structure, processes and outcomes. The resultant LOS causal model reflects its complexity and confirms the consideration by scholars in the field that hospitals are complex adaptive systems, and that hospital managers must respond to LOS challenges holistically.
Originality/value
This paper illustrates a complex LOS causal model that emerged from the scoping review and may be of value for future research. It also highlighted the complexity of the construct under study.
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Cammilletti V, Forino F, Palombi M, Donati D, Tartaglini D, Di Muzio M. BRASS score and complex discharge: a pilot study. ACTA BIO-MEDICA : ATENEI PARMENSIS 2018; 88:414-425. [PMID: 29350655 PMCID: PMC6166170 DOI: 10.23750/abm.v88i4.6191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2017] [Revised: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 04/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Aims: A highly functional continuity of patient care, which is linked to the reduction of the risk of long-term hospitalization, above all for ‘at-risk’ patients. Research into an objective, reliable instrument for redirecting individual results to organizational aims to extend the entire country, is a fundamental step to move from a reactive assistance approach to a pro-active one. Methods: An observational and descriptive retrospective study was carried out July - November 2014 in two Italian state hospitals, completing the BRASS Index within 48/72 hours of admission. Results: The study group consisted of 122 inpatients. A correlation presented itself, albeit low (ρ=0.05191), between age and the number of ‘revolving door’ admissions; a medium correlation (ρ=0.485131) between age and risk band (according to BRASS). Conclusions: The BRASS Index is straightforward and swift, and can prove a valuable tool in directing nurses’ attention to those patients most at risk of prolonged hospitalization. (www.actabiomedica.it)
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- Policlinico Umberto I of Rome, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
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- Policlinico Umberto I of Rome, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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Palese A, Marini E, Guarnier A, Barelli P, Zambiasi P, Allegrini E, Bazoli L, Casson P, Marin M, Padovan M, Picogna M, Taddia P, Chiari P, Salmaso D, Marognolli O, Canzan F, Ambrosi E, Saiani L, Grassetti L. Overcoming redundancies in bedside nursing assessments by validating a parsimonious meta-tool: findings from a methodological exercise study. J Eval Clin Pract 2016; 22:771-80. [PMID: 27144880 DOI: 10.1111/jep.12539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Revised: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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RATIONALE There is growing interest in validating tools aimed at supporting the clinical decision-making process and research. However, an increased bureaucratization of clinical practice and redundancies in the measures collected have been reported by clinicians. Redundancies in clinical assessments affect negatively both patients and nurses. METHODS To validate a meta-tool measuring the risks/problems currently estimated by multiple tools used in daily practice. A secondary analysis of a database was performed, using a cross-validation and a longitudinal study designs. In total, 1464 patients admitted to 12 medical units in 2012 were assessed at admission with the Brass, Barthel, Conley and Braden tools. Pertinent outcomes such as the occurrence of post-discharge need for resources and functional decline at discharge, as well as falls and pressure sores, were measured. Explorative factor analysis of each tool, inter-tool correlations and a conceptual evaluation of the redundant/similar items across tools were performed. Therefore, the validation of the meta-tool was performed through explorative factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and the structural equation model to establish the ability of the meta-tool to predict the outcomes estimated by the original tools. RESULTS High correlations between the tools have emerged (from r 0.428 to 0.867) with a common variance from 18.3% to 75.1%. Through a conceptual evaluation and explorative factor analysis, the items were reduced from 42 to 20, and the three factors that emerged were confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. According to the structural equation model results, two out of three emerged factors predicted the outcomes. CONCLUSIONS From the initial 42 items, the meta-tool is composed of 20 items capable of predicting the outcomes as with the original tools.
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- Azienda provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari, Trento, Italy
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- Azienda provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari, Trento, Italy
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- Azienda per i Servizi Sanitari, Gorizia, Italy
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- Nursing Science, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy
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- Nursing Students' Clinical Placements, Verona University, Verona, Italy
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Wang CL, Ding ST, Hsieh MJ, Shu CC, Hsu NC, Lin YF, Chen JS. Factors associated with emergency department visit within 30 days after discharge. BMC Health Serv Res 2016; 16:190. [PMID: 27225191 PMCID: PMC4879744 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1439-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2015] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Post-discharge care remains a challenge because continuity of care is often interrupted and adverse events frequently occur. Previous studies have focused on early readmission but few have investigated emergency department (ED) visit after discharge. METHODS This retrospective observational study was conducted between April 2011 and March 2012 in a referral center in Taiwan. Patients discharged from the general medical wards during the study period were analyzed and their characteristics, hospital course, and associated factors were collected. An ED visit within 30 days of discharge was the primary outcome while readmission or death at home were secondary outcomes. RESULTS There were 799 discharged patients analyzed, including 96 (12 %) with an ED visit of 12.4 days post-discharge and 111 (14 %) with readmissions at 13.3 days post-discharge. Sixty patients were admitted after their ED visit. Underlying chronic illnesses were associated with 72 % of ED visits. By multivariate analysis, Charlson score and the use of naso-gastric tube were independent risk factors for ED visit within 30 days after discharge. CONCLUSIONS Early ED visit after discharge is as high as 12 %. Patients with chronic illness and those requiring a naso-gastric tube or external biliary drain are at high risk for post-discharge ED visit.
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- Chuan-Lan Wang
- Department of Nursing, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Traumatology, Hospital Medicine Group, National Taiwan University Hospital, #7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan
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- Department of Nursing, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Traumatology, Hospital Medicine Group, National Taiwan University Hospital, #7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Traumatology, Hospital Medicine Group, National Taiwan University Hospital, #7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan. .,Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. .,College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Traumatology, Hospital Medicine Group, National Taiwan University Hospital, #7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Traumatology, Hospital Medicine Group, National Taiwan University Hospital, #7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Traumatology, Hospital Medicine Group, National Taiwan University Hospital, #7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Zapatero Gaviria A, Barba Martín R, Román Sánchez P, Casariego Vales E, Diez Manglano J, García Cors M, Jusdado Ruiz-Capillas J, Suárez Fernández C, Bernal J, Elola Somoza F. RECALMIN. Patient care in the internal medicine units of the Spanish national health system. Rev Clin Esp 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rceng.2016.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ford BK, Ingersoll-Dayton B, Burgio K. Care Transition Experiences of Older Veterans and Their Caregivers. HEALTH & SOCIAL WORK 2016; 41:129-38. [PMID: 27263203 PMCID: PMC4888094 DOI: 10.1093/hsw/hlw009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2014] [Revised: 12/12/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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This study's main objective was to examine care transition experiences of older veterans and their caregivers. Fifty patients age 65 years and older, discharged from a Veterans Affairs Medical Center hospital, completed the Care Transitions Measure-15 survey three to four weeks postdischarge. Seven patients and six caregivers participated in semistructured interviews. Overall, the quality of care transitions was rated as good; however, some items were indicated as problematic for veterans. Themes that emerged included agreeableness, frustration with complex information, caregiver education, and the timing and methods of information delivery. These findings have implications for all clinical staff working with veterans, and particularly for social workers facilitating care transitions for veterans and their caregivers.
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Wyer P, Stojanovic Z, Shaffer JA, Placencia M, Klink K, Fosina MJ, Lin SX, Barron B, Graham ID. Combining training in knowledge translation with quality improvement reduced 30-day heart failure readmissions in a community hospital: a case study. J Eval Clin Pract 2016; 22:171-9. [PMID: 26400781 DOI: 10.1111/jep.12450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Training programmes in evidence-based practice (EBP) frequently fail to translate their content into practice change and care improvement. We linked multidisciplinary training in EBP to an initiative to decrease 30-day readmissions among patients admitted to a community teaching hospital for heart failure (HF). METHODS Hospital staff reflecting all services and disciplines relevant to care of patients with HF attended a 3-day innovative capacity building conference in evidence-based health care over a 3-year period beginning in 2009. The team, facilitated by a conference faculty member, applied a knowledge-to-action model taught at the conference. We reviewed published research, profiled our population and practice experience, developed a three-phase protocol and implemented it in late 2010. We tracked readmission rates, adverse clinical outcomes and programme cost. RESULTS The protocol emphasized patient education, medication reconciliation and transition to community-based care. Senior administration approved a full-time nurse HF coordinator. Thirty-day HF readmissions decreased from 23.1% to 16.4% (adjusted OR = 0.64, 95% CI = 0.42-0.97) during the year following implementation. Corresponding rates in another hospital serving the same population but not part of the programme were 22.3% and 20.2% (adjusted OR = 0.87, 95% CI = 0.71-1.08). Adherence to mandated HF quality measures improved. Following a start-up cost of $15 000 US, programme expenses balanced potential savings from decreased HF readmissions. CONCLUSION Training of a multidisciplinary hospital team in use of a knowledge translation model, combined with ongoing facilitation, led to implementation of a budget neutral programme that decreased HF readmissions.
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- Peter Wyer
- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Center of Behavioral and Cardiovascular Health, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, DC, USA
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- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Lower Manhattan, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Family and Community Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, Center for Family and Community Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- University of Ottawa School of Nursing, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Zapatero Gaviria A, Barba Martín R, Román Sánchez P, Casariego Vales E, Diez Manglano J, García Cors M, Jusdado Ruiz-Capillas JJ, Suárez Fernández C, Bernal JL, Elola Somoza FJ. [RECALMIN. Patient care in the internal medicine units of the Spanish national health system]. Rev Clin Esp 2016; 216:175-82. [PMID: 26896380 DOI: 10.1016/j.rce.2016.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2015] [Revised: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 01/03/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To perform a situation analysis of the care provided by internal medicine units (IMUs) in Spain and to develop, based on this analysis, proposals for improving the quality of care in these units. MATERIAL AND METHODS A descriptive, cross-sectional study of the IMUs of general acute care hospitals of the Spanish National Health System (SNHS), with data referring to 2013. The study variables were collected via an ad hoc questionnaire. RESULTS Of the total 260hospitals identified in the SNHS, 142responses were obtained from 139hospitals throughout Spain, which represents 53.5% of the IMUs in the SNHS. The mean number of internists per IMU was 14±8, with a mean rate of 7.2±3.3 internists per 100,000 inhabitants. In 2013, the average number of hospital discharges from the IMU was 2,987±2,066, and those discharged by internists was 232±107. Sixty-one percent of the IMUs had implemented an interconsultation unit, and 41% had implemented a systematic care program for complex chronic patients. Thirty-three percent of the IMUs conducted multidisciplinary rounds, and 60% of these IMUs planned the discharge. CONCLUSIONS The 2013 RECALMIN survey revealed a number of important aspects of the organisation, structure and management of IMUs. The remarkable variability in the indicators of structure, activity and management probably reflect significant differences in efficiency and productivity, which therefore provide significant room for improvement.
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- Hospital Universitario Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Madrid, España
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- Hospital General de Cataluña, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, España
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- Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España; Fundación Instituto para la Mejora de la Asistencia Sanitaria (IMAS), España
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- Fundación Instituto para la Mejora de la Asistencia Sanitaria (IMAS), España
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BACKGROUND Discharge planning is a routine feature of health systems in many countries. The aim of discharge planning is to reduce hospital length of stay and unplanned readmission to hospital, and to improve the co-ordination of services following discharge from hospital.This is the third update of the original review. OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness of planning the discharge of individual patients moving from hospital. SEARCH METHODS We updated the review using the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (2015, Issue 9), MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, the Social Science Citation Index (last searched in October 2015), and the US National Institutes of Health trial register (ClinicalTrials.gov). SELECTION CRITERIA Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared an individualised discharge plan with routine discharge care that was not tailored to individual participants. Participants were hospital inpatients. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two authors independently undertook data analysis and quality assessment using a pre-designed data extraction sheet. We grouped studies according to patient groups (elderly medical patients, patients recovering from surgery, and those with a mix of conditions) and by outcome. We performed our statistical analysis according to the intention-to-treat principle, calculating risk ratios (RRs) for dichotomous outcomes and mean differences (MDs) for continuous data using fixed-effect meta-analysis. When combining outcome data was not possible because of differences in the reporting of outcomes, we summarised the reported data in the text. MAIN RESULTS We included 30 trials (11,964 participants), including six identified in this update. Twenty-one trials recruited older participants with a medical condition, five recruited participants with a mix of medical and surgical conditions, one recruited participants from a psychiatric hospital, one from both a psychiatric hospital and from a general hospital, and two trials recruited participants admitted to hospital following a fall. Hospital length of stay and readmissions to hospital were reduced for participants admitted to hospital with a medical diagnosis and who were allocated to discharge planning (length of stay MD - 0.73, 95% CI - 1.33 to - 0.12, 12 trials, moderate certainty evidence; readmission rates RR 0.87, 95% CI 0.79 to 0.97, 15 trials, moderate certainty evidence). It is uncertain whether discharge planning reduces readmission rates for patients admitted to hospital following a fall (RR 1.36, 95% CI 0.46 to 4.01, 2 trials, very low certainty evidence). For elderly patients with a medical condition, there was little or no difference between groups for mortality (RR 0.99, 95% CI 0.79 to 1.24, moderate certainty). There was also little evidence regarding mortality for participants recovering from surgery or who had a mix of medical and surgical conditions. Discharge planning may lead to increased satisfaction for patients and healthcare professionals (low certainty evidence, six trials). It is uncertain whether there is any difference in the cost of care when discharge planning is implemented with patients who have a medical condition (very low certainty evidence, five trials). AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS A discharge plan tailored to the individual patient probably brings about a small reduction in hospital length of stay and reduces the risk of readmission to hospital at three months follow-up for older people with a medical condition. Discharge planning may lead to increased satisfaction with healthcare for patients and professionals. There is little evidence that discharge planning reduces costs to the health service.
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- Alfred HealthOccupational TherapyThe Alfred55 Commercial RoadPrahranVictoriaAustralia3004
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- University of SydneyFaculty of Health SciencesJ005, East St. LidcombeLidcombeNSWAustralia1825
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- Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health DistrictJohn Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation ResearchSt LeonardsNSWAustralia2065
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- University of OxfordNuffield Department of Population HealthOxfordUK
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Arias Rojas M, García-Vivar C. The transition of palliative care from the hospital to the home: a narrative review of experiences of patients and family caretakers. INVESTIGACION Y EDUCACION EN ENFERMERIA 2015; 33:482-491. [PMID: 28569956 DOI: 10.17533/udea.iee.v33n3a12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2015] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This work sought to identify, analyze, and synthesize the qualitative studies published on the experiences of patients and family caretakers during the transition of palliative care from the hospital to the home. METHODOLOGY A narrative review was conducted on the PubMed, Cochrane Central, ScienceDirect, Ovid Nursing, CINALH, Scielo, and Bireme databases, from 2000 to 2014. RESULTS After the analysis and comparison of the data, the results were grouped into six themes: (1) the dyad and its knowledge regarding the diagnosis and prognosis; (2) emotions experienced by the family caretaker and the patient during discharge; (3) effective communication among those involved with the care; (4) education for the care of the person at home; (5) continuous support to the dyad at home, and (6) care overload: social support for the family caretaker. CONCLUSION Patients and relatives in palliative care experience a broad range of needs during the transition process from the hospital to the home, which are often not covered by healthcare professionals. This review evidences the need to research further on the experiences of these families, especially during the stage prior to the transfer to the domicile.
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Sathiyakumar V, Shi H, Thakore RV, Lee YM, Joyce D, Ehrenfeld J, Obremskey WT, Sethi MK. Isolated sacral injuries: Postoperative length of stay, complications, and readmission. World J Orthop 2015; 6:629-635. [PMID: 26396939 PMCID: PMC4573507 DOI: 10.5312/wjo.v6.i8.629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2015] [Revised: 06/17/2015] [Accepted: 07/23/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To investigate inpatient length of stay (LOS), complication rates, and readmission rates for sacral fracture patients based on operative approach.
METHODS: All patients who presented to a large tertiary care center with isolated sacral fractures in an 11-year period were included in a retrospective chart review. Operative approach (open reduction internal fixation vs percutaneous) was noted, as well as age, gender, race, and American Society of Anesthesiologists’ score. Complications included infection, nonunion and malunion, deep venous thrombosis, and hardware problems; 90-d readmissions were broken down into infection, surgical revision of the sacral fracture, and medical complications. LOS was collected for the initial admission and readmission visits if applicable. Fisher’s exact and non-parametric t-tests (Mann-Whitney U tests) were employed to compare LOS, complications, and readmissions between open and percutaneous approaches.
RESULTS: Ninety-four patients with isolated sacral fractures were identified: 31 (30.4%) who underwent open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) vs 63 (67.0%) who underwent percutaneous fixation. There was a significant difference in LOS based on operative approach: 9.1 d for ORIF patients vs 6.1 d for percutaneous patients (P = 0.043), amounting to a difference in cost of $13590. Ten patients in the study developed complications, with no significant difference in complication rates or reasons for complications between the two groups (19.4% for ORIF patients vs 6.3% for percutaneous patients). Eight patients were readmitted, with no significant difference in readmission rates or reasons for readmission between the two groups (9.5% percutaneous vs 6.5% ORIF).
CONCLUSION: There is a significant difference in LOS based on operative approach for sacral fracture patients. Given similar complications and readmission rates, we recommend a percutaneous approach.
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Kringos DS, Sunol R, Wagner C, Mannion R, Michel P, Klazinga NS, Groene O. The influence of context on the effectiveness of hospital quality improvement strategies: a review of systematic reviews. BMC Health Serv Res 2015. [PMID: 26199147 PMCID: PMC4508989 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0906-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background It is now widely accepted that the mixed effect and success rates of strategies to improve quality and safety in health care are in part due to the different contexts in which the interventions are planned and implemented. The objectives of this study were to (i) describe the reporting of contextual factors in the literature on the effectiveness of quality improvement strategies, (ii) assess the relationship between effectiveness and contextual factors, and (iii) analyse the importance of contextual factors. Methods We conducted an umbrella review of systematic reviews searching the following databases: PubMed, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Embase and CINAHL. The search focused on quality improvement strategies included in the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group taxonomy. We extracted data on quality improvement effectiveness and context factors. The latter were categorized according to the Model for Understanding Success in Quality tool. Results We included 56 systematic reviews in this study of which only 35 described contextual factors related with the effectiveness of quality improvement interventions. The most frequently reported contextual factors were: quality improvement team (n = 12), quality improvement support and capacity (n = 11), organization (n = 9), micro-system (n = 8), and external environment (n = 4). Overall, context factors were poorly reported. Where they were reported, they seem to explain differences in quality improvement effectiveness; however, publication bias may contribute to the observed differences. Conclusions Contextual factors may influence the effectiveness of quality improvement interventions, in particular at the level of the clinical micro-system. Future research on the implementation and effectiveness of quality improvement interventions should emphasize formative evaluation to elicit information on context factors and report on them in a more systematic way in order to better appreciate their relative importance. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12913-015-0906-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Dionne S Kringos
- Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center (AMC) - University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Avedis Donabedian Research Institute, University Autonomous of Barcelona, C/Provenza 293, Pral. 08037, Barcelona, Spain. .,Avedis Donabedian Research Institute (FAD), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, ᅟ, Spain. .,Red de investigación en servicios de salud en enfermedades crónicas REDISSEC, ᅟ, Spain.
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- NIVEL, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, PO Box 1568, 3500 BN, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2RT, UK.
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- Quality and Safety Department, Lyon University, Hospital Network, Lyon, France.
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- Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center (AMC) - University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Health Services Research and Policy, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SH, UK.
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Hanratty B, Lowson E, Grande G, Payne S, Addington-Hall J, Valtorta N, Seymour J. Transitions at the end of life for older adults – patient, carer and professional perspectives: a mixed-methods study. HEALTH SERVICES AND DELIVERY RESEARCH 2014. [DOI: 10.3310/hsdr02170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BackgroundThe end of life may be a time of high service utilisation for older adults. Transitions between care settings occur frequently, but may produce little improvement in symptom control or quality of life for patients. Ensuring that patients experience co-ordinated care, and moves occur because of individual needs rather than system imperatives, is crucial to patients’ well-being and to containing health-care costs.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to understand the experiences, influences and consequences of transitions between settings for older adults at the end of life. Three conditions were the focus of study, chosen to represent differing disease trajectories.SettingEngland.ParticipantsThirty patients aged over 75 years, in their last year of life, diagnosed with heart failure, lung cancer and stroke; 118 caregivers of decedents aged 66–98 years, who had died with heart failure, lung cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or selected other cancers; and 43 providers and commissioners of services in primary care, hospital, hospice, social care and ambulance services.Design and methodsThis was a mixed-methods study, composed of four parts: (1) in-depth interviews with older adults; (2) qualitative interviews and structured questionnaire with bereaved carers of older adult decedents; (3) telephone interviews with care commissioners and providers using case scenarios derived from the interviews with carers; and (4) analysis of linked Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and mortality data relating to hospital admissions for heart failure and lung cancer in England 2001–10.ResultsTransitions between care settings in the last year of life were a common component of end-of-life care across all the data sets that made up this study, and many moves were made shortly before death. Patients’ and carers’ experiences of transitions were of a disjointed system in which organisational processes were prioritised over individual needs. In many cases, the family carer was the co-ordinator and provider of care at home, excluded from participation in institutional care but lacking the information and support to extend their role with confidence. The general practitioner (GP) was a valued, central figure in end-of-life care across settings, though other disciplines were critical of GPs’ expertise and adherence to guidelines. Out-of-hours services and care homes were identified by many as contributors to unnecessary transitions. Good relationships and communication between professionals in different settings and sectors was recognised by families as one of the most important influences on transitions but this was rarely acknowledged by staff.ConclusionsDevelopment of a shared understanding of professional and carer roles in end-of-life transitions may be one of the most effective ways of improving patients’ experiences. Patients and carers manage many aspects of end-of-life care for themselves. Identifying ways to extend their skills and strengthen their voices, particularly in hospital settings, would be welcomed and may reduce unnecessary end-of-life transitions. Why the experiences of carers appear to have changed little, despite the implementation of a range of relevant policies, is an important question that has not been answered. Recommendations for future research include the relationship between policy interventions and the experiences of end-of-life carers; identification of ways to harmonise understanding of the carers’ role and strengthen their voice, particularly in hospital settings; identification of ways to reduce the influence of interprofessional tensions in end-of-life care; and development of interventions to enhance patients’ experiences across transitions.FundingThe National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research programme.
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- Department of Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- International Observatory on End of Life Care, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, Queen’s Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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Regardless of age: Incorporating principles from geriatric medicine to improve care transitions for patients with complex needs. J Gen Intern Med 2014; 29:932-9. [PMID: 24557511 PMCID: PMC4026496 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2729-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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With its focus on holistic approaches to patient care, caregiver support, and delivery system redesign, geriatrics has advanced our understanding of optimal care during transitions. This article provides a framework for incorporating geriatrics principles into care transition activities by discussing the following elements: (1) identifying factors that make transitions more complex, (2) engaging care "receivers" and tailoring home care to meet patient needs, (3) building "recovery plans" into transitional care, (4) predicting and avoiding preventable readmissions, and (5) adopting a palliative approach, when appropriate, that optimizes patient and family goals of care. The article concludes with a discussion of practical aspects of designing, implementing, and evaluating care transitions programs for those with complex care needs, as well as implications for public policy.
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Community services' involvement in the discharge of older adults from hospital into the community. Int J Integr Care 2013; 13:e032. [PMID: 24179455 PMCID: PMC3812319 DOI: 10.5334/ijic.917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2012] [Revised: 07/16/2013] [Accepted: 07/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Community services are playing an increasing role in supporting older adults who are discharged from hospital with ongoing non-acute care needs. However, there is a paucity of information regarding how community services are involved in the discharge process of older individuals from hospital into the community. Methods Twenty-nine databases were searched from 1980 to 2012 (inclusive) for relevant primary published research, of any study design, as well as relevant unpublished work (e.g. clinical guidelines) which investigated community services' involvement in the discharge of older individuals from hospital into the community. Data analysis and quality appraisal (using McMaster critical appraisal tools) were undertaken predominately by the lead author. Data was synthesised qualitatively. Results Twelve papers were eligible for inclusion (five randomised controlled trials, four before and after studies and three controlled trials), involving a total of 8440 older adults (>65 years). These papers reported on a range of interventions. During data synthesis, descriptors were assigned to four emergent discharge methods: Virtual Interface Model, In-reach Interface Model, Out-reach Interface Model and Independent Interface Model. In each model, the findings were mixed in terms of health care and patient and carer outcomes. Conclusions It is plausible that each model identified in this systematic review has a role to play in successfully discharging different cohorts of older adults from hospital. Further research is required to identify appropriate population groups for various discharge models and to select suitable outcome measures to determine the effectiveness of these models, considering all stakeholders' involved.
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Stefan MS, Pekow PS, Nsa W, Priya A, Miller LE, Bratzler DW, Rothberg MB, Goldberg RJ, Baus K, Lindenauer PK. Hospital performance measures and 30-day readmission rates. J Gen Intern Med 2013; 28:377-85. [PMID: 23070655 PMCID: PMC3579957 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2229-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2012] [Revised: 08/21/2012] [Accepted: 08/31/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Lowering hospital readmission rates has become a primary target for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, but studies of the relationship between adherence to the recommended hospital care processes and readmission rates have provided inconsistent and inconclusive results. OBJECTIVE To examine the association between hospital performance on Medicare's Hospital Compare process quality measures and 30-day readmission rates for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure and pneumonia, and for those undergoing major surgery. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS We assessed hospital performance on process measures using the 2007 Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. The process measures for each condition were aggregated in two separate measures: Overall Measure (OM) and Appropriate Care Measure (ACM) scores. Readmission rates were calculated using Medicare claims. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Risk-standardized 30-day all-cause readmission rate was calculated as the ratio of predicted to expected rate standardized by the overall mean readmission rate. We calculated predicted readmission rate using hierarchical generalized linear models and adjusting for patient-level factors. RESULTS Among patients aged ≥ 66 years, the median OM score ranged from 79.4 % for abdominal surgery to 95.7 % for AMI, and the median ACM scores ranged from 45.8 % for abdominal surgery to 87.9 % for AMI. We observed a statistically significant, but weak, correlation between performance scores and readmission rates for pneumonia (correlation coefficient R = 0.07), AMI (R = 0.10), and orthopedic surgery (R = 0.06). The difference in the mean readmission rate between hospitals in the 1st and 4th quartiles of process measure performance was statistically significant only for AMI (0.25 percentage points) and pneumonia (0.31 percentage points). Performance on process measures explained less than 1 % of hospital-level variation in readmission rates. CONCLUSIONS Hospitals with greater adherence to recommended care processes did not achieve meaningfully better 30-day hospital readmission rates compared to those with lower levels of performance.
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, USA.
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Shepperd S, Lannin NA, Clemson LM, McCluskey A, Cameron ID, Barras SL. Discharge planning from hospital to home. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013:CD000313. [PMID: 23440778 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd000313.pub4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Discharge planning is a routine feature of health systems in many countries. The aim of discharge planning is to reduce hospital length of stay and unplanned readmission to hospital, and improve the co-ordination of services following discharge from hospital. OBJECTIVES To determine the effectiveness of planning the discharge of individual patients moving from hospital. SEARCH METHODS We updated the review using the Cochrane EPOC Group Trials Register, MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Social Science Citation Index (last searched in March 2012). SELECTION CRITERIA Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared an individualised discharge plan with routine discharge care that was not tailored to the individual patient. Participants were hospital inpatients. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two authors independently undertook data analysis and quality assessment using a pre designed data extraction sheet. Studies are grouped according to patient group (elderly medical patients, patients recovering from surgery and those with a mix of conditions) and by outcome. Our statistical analysis was done on an intention to treat basis, we calculated risk ratios for dichotomous outcomes and mean differences for continuous data using fixed-effect meta-analysis. When combining outcome data was not possible, because of differences in the reporting of outcomes, we have presented the data in narrative summary tables. MAIN RESULTS We included twenty-four RCTs (8098 patients); three RCTS were identified in this update. Sixteen studies recruited older patients with a medical condition, four recruited patients with a mix of medical and surgical conditions, one recruited patients from a psychiatric hospital, one from both a psychiatric hospital and from a general hospital, and two trials patients admitted to hospital following a fall (110 patients). Hospital length of stay and readmissions to hospital were statistically significantly reduced for patients admitted to hospital with a medical diagnosis and who were allocated to discharge planning (mean difference length of stay -0.91, 95% CI -1.55 to -0.27, 10 trials; readmission rates RR 0.82, 95% CI 0.73 to 0.92, 12 trials). For elderly patients with a medical condition there was no statistically significant difference between groups for mortality (RR 0.99, 95% CI 0.78 to 1.25, five trials) or being discharged from hospital to home (RR 1.03, 95% CI 0.93 to 1.14, two trials). This was also the case for trials recruiting patients recovering from surgery and a mix of medical and surgical conditions. In three trials, patients allocated to discharge planning reported increased satisfaction. There was little evidence on overall healthcare costs. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS The evidence suggests that a discharge plan tailored to the individual patient probably brings about reductions in hospital length of stay and readmission rates for older people admitted to hospital with a medical condition. The impact of discharge planning on mortality, health outcomes and cost remains uncertain.
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- Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Rosemary Rue Building, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.
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Holland DE, Knafl GJ, Bowles KH. Targeting hospitalised patients for early discharge planning intervention. J Clin Nurs 2012; 22:2696-703. [PMID: 22906077 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04221.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The purpose of the study was to describe the ability of an evidence-based discharge planning (DP) decision support tool to identify and prioritise patients appropriate for early DP intervention. Specifically, we aimed to determine whether patients with a high Early Screen for Discharge Planning (ESDP) score report more problems and continuing care needs in the first few weeks after discharge than patients with low ESDP scores. BACKGROUND Improved methods are needed to efficiently and accurately identify hospitalised patients at risk of complex discharge plans. DESIGN A descriptive cross-sectional study was designed using a quality health outcomes framework. METHODS The ESDP was administered to 260 adults hospitalised in an academic health centre who returned home after discharge. Problems and continuing care needs were self-reported on the Problems After Discharge Questionnaire - English Version, mailed 6-10 days after discharge. RESULTS Patients with high ESDP scores reported significantly more problems [mean, 16·3 (standard deviation ±8·7)] than those with low scores [12·2 (±8·4)]. Within the Problems After Discharge Questionnaire subscales, patients with high ESDP scores reported significantly more problems with personal care, household activities, mobility and physical difficulties than patients with low screen scores. Significantly more of the patients with a high ESDP score received consults to a Discharge Planner and referrals for postacute services than patients with low screen scores. CONCLUSION The ESDP is effective as a decision support tool in identifying patients to prioritise for early DP intervention. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE Use of an evidence-based DP decision support tool minimises biases inherent in decision-making, promotes efficient use of hospital DP resources, and improves the opportunity for patients to access community resources they need to promote successful recovery after hospitalisation.
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- Diane E Holland
- Authors: Diane E Holland, PhD, RN, Clinical Nurse Researcher, Mayo Clinic, Eisenberg, Rochester, MN; George J Knafl, PhD, Professor, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; Kathryn H Bowles, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Patients' experiences with symptoms and needs in the early rehabilitation phase after coronary artery bypass grafting. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs 2012; 11:14-24. [PMID: 21030311 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2010.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND The first month after discharge for Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is particularly challenging for the patients. A larger interview study is warranted to elicit CABG patients' detailed experiences, and give direction for future clinical practice. AIM To explore the CABG patients' symptoms and needs in the early rehabilitation phase. METHODS A qualitative, mixed method design integrating qualitative and quantitative approaches was used. Ninety-three CABG patients aged 39-77, participated in interviews at home after 2 and 4 weeks. The semi-structured interview guide covered: experiences of relief of angina pectoris after surgery, experiences with prescribed discharge medications, psychological experiences: anxiety, depression, sexuality, health professional contact persons, and patient defined experiences. RESULTS Two weeks after CABG the patients symptoms and needs were characterised by a substantial amount of uncertainty and worries related to what to expect and what was normal for postoperative pain, assessment and sensation of surgical site, different experiences with physical activity/exercise, uncertainty about medications, difficulties with sleep pattern, irritability, postoperative complications,uncertainty about return to work, and insufficient information at discharge. Four weeks after surgery the patients' symptom level was decreased, and they experienced life beginning to return back to normal. Patency with grafts after CABG, decision to drive a car, impotence (erectile dysfunction), and a missing link to the hospital remained challenges. CONCLUSION CABG patients' experiences indicate a need to extend the hospital's discharge care to the first month after surgery for specific themes to promote rehabilitation outcomes.
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Plank A, Mazzoni V, Cavada L. Becoming a caregiver: new family carers’ experience during the transition from hospital to home. J Clin Nurs 2012; 21:2072-82. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.04025.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Walley AY, Paasche-Orlow M, Lee EC, Forsythe S, Chetty VK, Mitchell S, Jack BW. Acute care hospital utilization among medical inpatients discharged with a substance use disorder diagnosis. J Addict Med 2012; 6:50-6. [PMID: 21979821 PMCID: PMC6034987 DOI: 10.1097/adm.0b013e318231de51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Hospital discharge may be an opportunity to intervene among patients with substance use disorders to reduce subsequent hospital utilization. This study determined whether having a substance use disorder diagnosis was associated with subsequent acute care hospital utilization. METHODS We conducted an observational cohort study among 738 patients on a general medical service at an urban, academic, safety-net hospital. The main outcomes were rate and risk of acute care hospital utilization (emergency department visit or hospitalization) within 30 days of discharge. The main independent variable was presence of a substance use disorder primary or secondary discharge diagnosis code at the index hospitalization. RESULTS At discharge, 17% of subjects had a substance use disorder diagnosis. These patients had higher rates of recurrent acute care hospital utilization than patients without substance use disorder diagnoses (0.63 vs 0.32 events per subject at 30 days, P < 0.01) and increased risk of any recurrent acute care hospital utilization (33% vs 22% at 30 days, P < 0.05). In adjusted Poisson regression models, the incident rate ratio at 30 days was 1.49 (95% confidence interval, 1.12-1.98) for patients with substance use disorder diagnoses compared with those without. In subgroup analyses, higher utilization was attributable to those with drug diagnoses or a combination of drug and alcohol diagnoses, but not to those with exclusively alcohol diagnoses. CONCLUSIONS Medical patients with substance use disorder diagnoses, specifically those with drug use-related diagnoses, have higher rates of recurrent acute care hospital utilization than those without substance use disorder diagnoses.
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- Alexander Y Walley
- Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, 801 Massachusetts Ave, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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Bauer M, Fitzgerald L, Koch S. Hospital Discharge as Experienced by Family Carers of People with Dementia: A Case for Quality Improvement. J Healthc Qual 2011; 33:9-16. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-1474.2011.00122.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Crilly J, Chaboyer W, Wallis M. A structure and process evaluation of an Australian hospital admission avoidance programme for aged care facility residents. J Adv Nurs 2011; 68:322-34. [PMID: 21679228 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05740.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIM To describe and evaluate the structures and processes involved in a hospital in the Nursing Home programme. BACKGROUND Older Australians are the largest consumers of healthcare, and as a result of the ageing process are at risk of developing hospital acquired iatrogenic complications. Hospital admission avoidance programmes that aim to provide care for patients in their own environment include Hospital in the Home and, more recently, Hospital in the Nursing Home. METHODS In 2006, a qualitative evaluation of a nurse-led Hospital in the Nursing Home programme using semi-structured interviews with 19 stakeholders was undertaken. Data analysis involved using start codes and content analysis. FINDINGS Effective referral and communication strategies were important for Hospital in the Nursing Home implementation. Furthermore, the Hospital in the Nursing Home programme manager had acute care and community experience and worked in an advanced practice role. These elements were integral to the programme's operation. CONCLUSION As the population ages, reducing hospital admissions for aged-care facility residents has the potential to improve patient outcomes. A structurally and procedurally sound programme is a key element in achieving this aim.
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- Emergency Department Clinical Network, Queensland Health and Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
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Ryan R, Santesso N, Hill S, Lowe D, Kaufman C, Grimshaw J. Consumer-oriented interventions for evidence-based prescribing and medicines use: an overview of systematic reviews. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011:CD007768. [PMID: 21563160 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd007768.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Numerous systematic reviews exist on interventions to improve consumers' medicines use, but this research is distributed across diseases, populations and settings. The scope and focus of reviews on consumers' medicines use also varies widely. Such differences create challenges for decision makers seeking review-level evidence to inform decisions about medicines use. OBJECTIVES To synthesise the evidence from systematic reviews on the effects of interventions which target healthcare consumers to promote evidence-based prescribing for, and medicines use, by consumers. We sought evidence on the effects on health and other outcomes for healthcare consumers, professionals and services. METHODS We included systematic reviews published on the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects. We identified relevant reviews by handsearching both databases from start date to Issue 3 2008. We screened and ranked reviews based on relevance to consumers' medicines use, using criteria developed for this overview. Standardised forms were used to extract data, and reviews were assessed for methodological quality using the AMSTAR instrument. We used standardised language to summarise results within and across reviews; and a further synthesis step was used to give bottom-line statements about intervention effectiveness. Two review authors selected reviews, extracted and analysed data. We used a taxonomy of interventions to categorise reviews. MAIN RESULTS We included 37 reviews (18 Cochrane, 19 non-Cochrane), of varied methodological quality.Reviews assessed interventions with diverse aims including support for behaviour change, risk minimisation, skills acquisition and information provision. No reviews aimed to promote systems-level consumer participation in medicines-related activities. Medicines adherence was the most commonly reported outcome, but others such as clinical (health and wellbeing), service use and knowledge outcomes were also reported. Reviews rarely reported adverse events or harms, and the evidence was sparse for several populations, including children and young people, carers, and people with multimorbidity.Promising interventions to improve adherence and other key medicines use outcomes (eg adverse events, knowledge) included self-monitoring and self-management, simplified dosing and interventions directly involving pharmacists. Other strategies showed promise in relation to adherence but their effects were less consistent. These included reminders; education combined with self-management skills training, counselling or support; financial incentives; and lay health worker interventions.No interventions were effective to improve all medicines use outcomes across all diseases, populations or settings. For some interventions, such as information or education provided alone, the evidence suggests ineffectiveness; for many others there is insufficient evidence to determine effects on medicines use outcomes. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Systematically assembling the evidence across reviews allows identification of effective or promising interventions to improve consumers' medicines use, as well as those for which the evidence indicates ineffectiveness or uncertainty.Decision makers faced with implementing interventions to improve consumers' medicines use can use this overview to inform these decisions and also to consider the range of interventions available; while researchers and funders can use this overview to determine where research is needed. However, the limitations of the literature relating to the lack of evidence for important outcomes and specific populations, such as people with multimorbidity, should also be considered.
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- Centre for Health Communication and Participation, Australian Institute for Primary Care & Ageing, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia, 3086
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Suzuki VF, Carmona EV, Lima MHM. Planejamento da alta hospitalar do paciente diabético: construção de uma proposta. Rev Esc Enferm USP 2011; 45:527-32. [DOI: 10.1590/s0080-62342011000200032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2009] [Accepted: 08/14/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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As complicações agudas e crônicas enfrentadas pelo paciente diabético e sua família após a alta hospitalar podem ser consequência de deficiências no processo educativo ao longo da hospitalização e do preparo formal para alta. O objetivo deste estudo é apresentar uma proposta de planejamento da alta hospitalar do paciente diabético adulto. Foi realizada revisão de literatura sobre alta hospitalar da clientela em questão, selecionando-se artigos publicados de 2004 a fevereiro de 2009. Considerando a literatura, foi desenvolvido um impresso para nortear o planejamento da alta. Este abrange informações a serem colhidas e trabalhadas junto ao cliente, ao longo dos primeiros quatro dias de internação, considerando as necessidades individuais e o Autocontrole ineficaz da saúde. A alta precisa estar inserida no Processo de Enfermagem, uma vez que o enfermeiro tem papel fundamental na identificação das necessidades do paciente e família. O impresso auxilia a identificação das necessidades do cliente e das ações realizadas pela equipe.
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Press MJ, Silber JH, Rosen AK, Romano PS, Itani KMF, Zhu J, Wang Y, Even-Shoshan O, Halenar MJ, Volpp KG. The impact of resident duty hour reform on hospital readmission rates among Medicare beneficiaries. J Gen Intern Med 2011; 26:405-11. [PMID: 21057883 PMCID: PMC3055962 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1539-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2010] [Revised: 09/29/2010] [Accepted: 10/04/2010] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND A key goal of resident duty hour reform by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in 2003 was to improve patient outcomes. OBJECTIVE To assess whether the reform led to a change in readmission rates. DESIGN Observational study using multiple time series analysis with hospital discharge data from July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2005. Fixed effects logistic regression was used to examine the change in the odds of readmission in more versus less teaching-intensive hospitals before and after duty hour reform. PARTICIPANTS All unique Medicare patients (n = 8,282,802) admitted to acute-care nonfederal hospitals with principal diagnoses of acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, or stroke (combined medical group), or a DRG classification of general, orthopedic, or vascular surgery (combined surgical group). MAIN MEASURES Primary outcome was 30-day all-cause readmission. Secondary outcomes were (1) readmission or death within 30 days of discharge, and (2) readmission, death during the index admission, or death within 30 days of discharge. KEY RESULTS For the combined medical group, there was no evidence of a change in readmission rates in more versus less teaching-intensive hospitals [OR = 0.99 (95% CI 0.94, 1.03) in post-reform year 1 and OR = 0.99 (95% CI 0.95, 1.04) in post-reform year 2]. There was also no evidence of relative changes in readmission rates for the combined surgical group: OR = 1.03 (95% CI 0.98, 1.08) for post-reform year 1 and OR = 1.02 (95% CI 0.98, 1.07) for post-reform year 2. Findings for the secondary outcomes combining readmission and death were similar. CONCLUSIONS Among Medicare beneficiaries, there were no changes in hospital readmission rates associated with resident duty hour reform.
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- Matthew J Press
- Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, 402 E. 67th St., New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Rydeman I, Törnkvist L. Getting prepared for life at home in the discharge process--from the perspective of the older persons and their relatives. Int J Older People Nurs 2011; 5:254-64. [PMID: 21083804 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2009.00190.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIM To examine how older persons in need of home-nursing care and their relatives experience the discharge process and develop a model that explains the experience. BACKGROUND The discharge process has well-known deficiencies and is therefore a challenging issue requiring improvement in many countries. Research focusing on patient-centred factors has attracted very little critical attention. DESIGN Grounded theory was used to analyze semi-structured interviews with 26 older persons and their relatives. FINDINGS The analysis resulted in a theoretical model that depicts factors determining whether the older persons and their relatives feel prepared or unprepared for life at home at the time of discharge. CONCLUSIONS The older persons and/or their relatives felt prepared at the time of discharge if their needs were satisfied in the three significant areas of preparation. Not only were the professionals' skills of the utmost importance in preparing the older persons/relatives, but also the latter's own approach if the professionals were unskilled. RELEVANCE FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE A knowledge of the preparation areas and skills can be of use for improving the quality of the discharge process from the older persons' and their relatives' perspective, i.e. through policies, checklists and teaching programmes.
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- IngBritt Rydeman
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Center for family and community medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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BACKGROUND Improving the quality of patient coordination in the transition from hospital to home is a high-priority health care concern. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Conditions of Participation in the Medicare Program require that hospitals have a discharge planning (DP) process in effect that applies to all patients. The impact of a practice change in DP practice on the quality of care coordination at discharge was evaluated from patients' perspectives. METHODS A multifactor, evidence-based DP practice change, which included merging of DP specialist roles and use of an early screen for DP decision support tool, was initiated in a large, Midwestern academic medical center and evaluated in a nonequivalent comparison group design with separate pre- and postpractice change samples. The three-item Care Transitions Measure (CTM-3) was mailed to adults recently discharged from one medical and one surgical nursing unit before and after the practice change. RESULTS Response rates were 52.4% before (218/416) and 39.5% (153/387) after the practice change. There were no significant differences between characteristics of the pre- and postpractice change participants. The mean CTM-3 score of patients who received assistance from the nurse/ social worker DP team improved by 14 points (67.2 to 81.2), although the data were skewed with a ceiling effect, rendering the results inconclusive. CONCLUSIONS Although the CTM-3 results were inconclusive, the practice change resulted in a clinically meaningful decrease in length of stay for a group of older patients at greater risk for complex discharge plans. The proactive approach to DP proved to be a valuable shift. The successes of the standardization of DP processes and improved multidisciplinary teamwork were important considerations for implementation throughout the organization.
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- Diane E Holland
- Department of Nursing, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
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Carneiro R, Sousa C, Pinto A, Almeida F, Oliveira JR, Rocha N. Risco de reinternamento na doença pulmonar obstrutiva crónica – Estudo prospectivo com ênfase no valor da avaliação da qualidade de vida e depressão. REVISTA PORTUGUESA DE PNEUMOLOGIA 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s0873-2159(15)30070-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Rytter L, Jakobsen HN, Rønholt F, Hammer AV, Andreasen AH, Nissen A, Kjellberg J. Comprehensive discharge follow-up in patients' homes by GPs and district nurses of elderly patients. A randomized controlled trial. Scand J Prim Health Care 2010; 28:146-53. [PMID: 20429738 PMCID: PMC3442329 DOI: 10.3109/02813431003764466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Many hospital admissions are due to inappropriate medical treatment, and discharge of fragile elderly patients involves a high risk of readmission. The present study aimed to assess whether a follow-up programme undertaken by GPs and district nurses could improve the quality of the medical treatment and reduce the risk of readmission of elderly newly discharged patients. DESIGN AND SETTING The patients were randomized to either an intervention group receiving a structured home visit by the GP and the district nurse one week after discharge followed by two contacts after three and eight weeks, or to a control group receiving the usual care. PATIENTS A total of 331 patients aged 78+ years discharged from Glostrup Hospital, Denmark, were included. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Readmission rate within 26 weeks after discharge among all randomized patients. Control of medication, evaluated 12 weeks after discharge on 293 (89%) of the patients by an interview at home and by a questionnaire to the GP. RESULTS Control-group patients were more likely to be readmitted than intervention-group patients (52% v 40%; p = 0.03). In the intervention group, the proportions of patients who used prescribed medication of which the GP was unaware (48% vs. 34%; p = 0.02) and who did not take the medication prescribed by the GP (39% vs. 28%; p = 0.05) were smaller than in the control group. CONCLUSION The intervention shows a possible framework securing the follow-up on elderly patients after discharge by reducing the readmission risk and improving medication control.
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- Lars Rytter
- General Practice, Albertslund, Glostrup University Hospital, Denmark.
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Hekmatpou D, Mohammadi E, Ahmadi F, Arefi SH. Termination of professional responsibility: Exploring the process of discharging patients with heart failure from hospitals. Int J Nurs Pract 2010; 16:389-96. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172x.2010.01856.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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De Saint-Hubert M, Schoevaerdts D, Cornette P, D'Hoore W, Boland B, Swine C. Predicting functional adverse outcomes in hospitalized older patients: a systematic review of screening tools. J Nutr Health Aging 2010; 14:394-9. [PMID: 20424808 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-010-0086-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Functional decline frequently occurs following hospitalisation in older people and may be prevented or minimized by specific management. Such care processes needs appropriate early screening of older hospitalized patients. OBJECTIVE To identify instruments able to detect on admission older hospitalized patients at risk of functional decline at and after discharge. METHODS Functional decline is defined as loss of independence in activities of daily living (functional decline) or admission in nursing home. The systematic search used Medline 1970-2007, Web of Science 1981-2007 and references list of relevant papers. An independent epidemiologist assessed methodological quality of the retained articles. RESULTS We found 12 studies developing predictive tools, including 7145 patients. Functional outcomes were assessed at or after discharge. Preadmission functional status, cognition, and social support were major components for prediction of functional evolution. Few instruments are fully validated and data concerning reliability are often lacking. Operational characteristics are moderate (sensitivity 29-87%, negative likelihood ratio 0.2-0.8). CONCLUSIONS Instruments predicting functional adverse outcomes are difficult to compare due to heterogeneity of functional outcomes and hospital settings. The reason why so many tools have been developed is probably because none gives full satisfaction: their general predictive validity and performances are insufficient. Further research is needed to improve the screening of frail older patients admitted to hospital with standardized and validated tools.
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- M De Saint-Hubert
- Cliniques Universitaires de Mont-Godinne, Geriatric Department, UCLouvain, Rue du Dr Therasse, 1-5530 Yvoir.
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Scott I. What are the most effective strategies for improving quality and safety of health care? Intern Med J 2010; 39:389-400. [PMID: 19580618 DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2008.01798.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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There is now a plethora of different quality improvement strategies (QIS) for optimizing health care, some clinician/patient driven, others manager/policy-maker driven. Which of these are most effective remains unclear despite expressed concerns about potential for QIS-related patient harm and wasting of resources. The objective of this study was to review published literature assessing the relative effectiveness of different QIS. Data sources comprising PubMed Clinical Queries, Cochrane Library and its Effective Practice and Organization of Care database, and HealthStar were searched for studies of QIS between January 1985 and February 2008 using search terms based on an a priori QIS classification suggested by experts. Systematic reviews of controlled trials were selected in determining effect sizes for specific QIS, which were compared as a narrative meta-review. Clinician/patient driven QIS were associated with stronger evidence of efficacy and larger effect sizes than manager/policy-maker driven QIS. The most effective strategies (>10% absolute increase in appropriate care or equivalent measure) included clinician-directed audit and feedback cycles, clinical decision support systems, specialty outreach programmes, chronic disease management programmes, continuing professional education based on interactive small-group case discussions, and patient-mediated clinician reminders. Pay-for-performance schemes directed to clinician groups and organizational process redesign were modestly effective. Other manager/policy-maker driven QIS including continuous quality improvement programmes, risk and safety management systems, public scorecards and performance reports, external accreditation, and clinical governance arrangements have not been adequately evaluated with regard to effectiveness. QIS are heterogeneous and methodological flaws in much of the evaluative literature limit validity and generalizability of results. Based on current best available evidence, clinician/patient driven QIS appear to be more effective than manager/policy-maker driven QIS although the latter have, in many instances, attracted insufficient robust evaluations to accurately determine their comparative effectiveness.
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- Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Mesteig M, Helbostad JL, Sletvold O, Røsstad T, Saltvedt I. Unwanted incidents during transition of geriatric patients from hospital to home: a prospective observational study. BMC Health Serv Res 2010; 10:1. [PMID: 20044945 PMCID: PMC2827472 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2009] [Accepted: 01/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Geriatric patients recently discharged from hospital experience increased chance of unplanned readmissions and admission to nursing homes. Several studies have shown that medication-related discrepancies are common. Few studies report unwanted incidents by other factors than medications. In 2002 an ambulatory team (AT) was established within the Department of Geriatrics, St. Olavs University Hospital HF, Trondheim, Norway. The AT monitored the transition of the patients from hospital to home and four weeks after discharge in order to reveal unwanted incidents. The aim of the present study was to describe unwanted incidents registered by the AT among patients discharged from a geriatric evaluation and management unit (GEMU) by character, frequency and stage in the transitional process. Only unwanted incidents with a severity making contact with the primary health care (PHC) necessary were registered. Methods A prospective observational study with patients treated in the GEMU and followed by the AT was performed. Current practice included comprehensive geriatric assessment and management including discharge planning in the GEMU and collaboration with the primary health care on appointments on assistance to be provided after discharge from hospital. Unwanted incidents severe enough to induce contact with the primary health care were registered during the transitional phase and after discharge. Results 118 patients (65% female), with mean age 83.2 ± 6.4 years participated. Median Barthel Index at discharge was 18 (interquartile range 16-19) and median Mini Mental Status Examination 24 (interquartile range 21-26). A total of 146 unwanted incidents were registered in 70 (59%) of the patients. Most frequent were unwanted incidents related to drug prescription regime (32%), exchange of information in and between the GEMU and the primary health care (25%) and service or help provided from the PHC (17%). Conclusions Despite a seemingly well-organised system for transition of patients from the GEMU to their homes, one or more unwanted incidents occurred in most patients during discharge or four weeks post discharge. The study has revealed areas of importance for improving transitional care of geriatric patients.
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- Marianne Mesteig
- Department of Clinical service, St, Olavs University Hospital, Olav Kyrres gt.17, Trondheim, Norway.
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Graves N, Courtney M, Edwards H, Chang A, Parker A, Finlayson K. Cost-effectiveness of an intervention to reduce emergency re-admissions to hospital among older patients. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7455. [PMID: 19829702 PMCID: PMC2759083 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2009] [Accepted: 09/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The objective is to estimate the cost-effectiveness of an intervention that reduces hospital re-admission among older people at high risk. A cost-effectiveness model to estimate the costs and health benefits of the intervention was implemented. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The model used data from a randomised controlled trial conducted in an Australian tertiary metropolitan hospital. Participants were acute medical admissions aged >65 years with at least one risk factor for re-admission: multiple comorbidities, impaired functionality, aged >75 years, recent multiple admissions, poor social support, history of depression. The intervention was a comprehensive nursing and physiotherapy assessment and an individually tailored program of exercise strategies and nurse home visits with telephone follow-up; commencing in hospital and continuing following discharge for 24 weeks. The change to cost outcomes, including the costs of implementing the intervention and all subsequent use of health care services, and, the change to health benefits, represented by quality adjusted life years, were estimated for the intervention as compared to existing practice. The mean change to total costs and quality adjusted life years for an average individual over 24 weeks participating in the intervention were: cost savings of $333 (95% Bayesian credible interval $ -1,932:1,282) and 0.118 extra quality adjusted life years (95% Bayesian credible interval 0.1:0.136). The mean net-monetary-benefit per individual for the intervention group compared to the usual care condition was $7,907 (95% Bayesian credible interval $5,959:$9,995) for the 24 week period. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE The estimation model that describes this intervention predicts cost savings and improved health outcomes. A decision to remain with existing practices causes unnecessary costs and reduced health. Decision makers should consider adopting this program for elderly hospitalised patients.
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- Nicholas Graves
- School of Public Health, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
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Elderly patients represent a large number of admissions to hospital, accounting for a disproportionate number of hospital bed days. Discharge planning can improve the safety and appropriateness of discharge from hospital, and can have a positive impact on length of stay and efficiency. Despite this, discharge planning is often neglected. This review, both evidence and experience based, is provided to aid with the safe discharge of elderly patients back into the community.
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- Philip Dainty
- Department of Elderly Care, Stafford General Hospital, Stafford.
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Keatinge D, Stevenson K, Fitzgerald M. Parents' perceptions and needs of children's hospital discharge information. Int J Nurs Pract 2009; 15:341-7. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172x.2009.01765.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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