A Systematic Review of Criteria-Led Patient Discharge
| Autor: | Jane Robinson, Liz Lees-Deutsch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Patient discharge
medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors 030504 nursing business.industry Patient Selection MEDLINE Length of Stay Bed capacity Patient Readmission Patient Discharge Patient flow 03 medical and health sciences Patient safety 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans In patient 030212 general & internal medicine 0305 other medical science Intensive care medicine business General Nursing |
| Zdroj: | Journal of nursing care quality. 34(2) |
| ISSN: | 1550-5065 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND This article reports on a systematic review conducted to critique safety, quality, length of stay, and implementation factors regarding criteria-led discharge. PURPOSE Improving patient flow and timely bed capacity is a global issue. Criteria-led discharge enables accelerated patient discharge in accordance with patient selection. METHODS A systematic review was conducted to identify literature on criteria-led discharge from 2007 to 2017. The quality of articles was appraised using a tool for disparate studies. Two reviewers extracted relevant data independently. RESULTS Fifteen studies were identified that showed no increase in patient readmission or complication rates with criteria-led discharge, demonstrating patient safety. The quality of the patient discharge was unremarkable. None of the studies showed an increase in length of stay. CONCLUSIONS The safety, quality, and length of stay for patients discharged through criteria-led discharge are inextricably linked to the process adopted for its implementation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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