Effectiveness of early discharge planning in acutely ill or injured hospitalized older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Fox, Mary T ^a   Persaud, Malini ^a   Maimets, Ilo ^a   Brooks, Dina ^b   O'Brien, Kelly ^b   Tregunno, Deborah ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Discharge planning; Hospital readmission; Length of stay; Meta analysis; Patient discharge; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; META ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STANDARD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; STANDARDS; TRENDS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84879809934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-70     Document Type: Article

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