Factors contributing to emergency department care within 30 days of hospital discharge and potential ways to prevent it: Differences in perspectives of patients, caregivers, and emergency physicians
Autor: | Clifton W. Callaway, Jennifer Hu, Brian Suffoletto, Maria K. Guyette |
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Rok vydání: | 2014 |
Předmět: |
Inpatient care
Leadership and Management business.industry Health Policy Concordance Psychological intervention Stakeholder General Medicine Emergency department Assessment and Diagnosis medicine.disease Hospital medicine Intervention (counseling) Hospital discharge Medicine Fundamentals and skills Medical emergency business Care Planning |
Zdroj: | Journal of Hospital Medicine. 9:315-319 |
ISSN: | 1553-5592 |
DOI: | 10.1002/jhm.2167 |
Popis: | BACKGROUND Identifying needs in patients who utilize the emergency department (ED) soon after being discharged from inpatient care is essential for planning appropriate care-transition interventions. OBJECTIVE To examine differences in stakeholder perspectives on reasons for ED care soon after hospital discharge and interventions that could be useful to prevent these ED visits. DESIGN AND MEASUREMENTS A convenience sample of 135 patients who presented to an urban teaching hospital ED |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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