Discharge planning from hospital to home

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Shepperd, Sasha ^a   Lannin, Natasha A ^b   Clemson, Lindy M ^c   Mccluskey, Annie ^c   Cameron, Ian D ^d   Barras, Sarah L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e Group Clinical Governance Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; FALLING; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL HOSPITAL; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNCERTAINTY; AFTERCARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

AFTERCARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874791253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000313.pub4     Document Type: Review

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