Discharge Planning

 

Discharge planning from hospital to home

Shepperd S, Parkes J, McClaran J, Phillips C.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: Reviews 2004 Issue 1 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Chichester, UK

Review  

 

Telephone follow-up, initiated by a hospital-based health professional, for postdischarge problems

in patients discharged from hospital to home

Mistiaen P, Poot E. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: Reviews. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2006 Issue 4.

Review

 

The benefits of 'buffer management' in health care

Mur-Veeman, I. and Govers, M. British Journal of Health Care Management 2006; 12 (11): 340-345.

 

A simple discharge service that works

Bellingham, Clare. Pharmaceutical Journal 2004; 272 (7293): 418.

 

The nursing role in preventing delay in patient discharge

MacLeod-A. Nursing Standard, 13 Sep 2006, vol. 21, no. 1, p. 43-8. ProQuest

 

Estimating date of discharge at ward level: a pilot study

Lees-L, Holmes-C. Nursing Standard, 5 Jan 2005, vol. 19, no. 17, p. 40-3ProQuest

 

Delayed transfers of care - an early review of progress

Behan-D. Journal of Integrated Care, 2005 Feb, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 43-7. ProQuest  

 

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Cost Implications

 

Delayed discharge: preparing for reimbursement

Lymbery-M, Millward-A. Journal of Integrated Care, 2004 Aug, vol. 12, no. 4, p. 28-34.  ProQuest

 

The costs and service implications of substituting intermediate care for acute hospital care

Mayhew, Leslie and Lawrence, David. Health Services Management Research 2006; 19 (2): 80-93.

ProQuest

 

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Partnership Working

 

Discharging responsibilities? Delayed hospital discharges and the health and social care divide

Glasby-J. Journal of Social Policy, Oct 2004, vol. 33, no. 4, p. 593-604.

 

Effective partnership working: a case study of hospital discharge

Henwood-Melanie. Health & Social Care in the Community Sep 2006, vol. 14, no. 5, p. 400-7.

 

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Delayed Discharges and Older People

 

All dressed up but nowhere to go? Delayed hospital discharges and older people

Glasby-J, Littlechild-R, Pryce-K. Journal Health Services Research & Policy, Jan 2006, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 52-8

ProQuest

 

Delayed transfers of older people from hospital: causes and policy implications

Bryan, Karen, et al. Health Policy 2006; 76 (2): 194-201.

 

Factors causing delay in discharge of elderly patients in an acute care hospital

Lim-S-C, Doshi-V, Castasus-B, Lim-J-K-H, Mamun-K.

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore Jan 2006, vol. 35, no. 1, p. 27-32.

 

Show me the way to go home: a narrative review of the literature on delayed hospital discharges and older people

Glasby-J, Littlechild-R, Pryce-K. British Journal of Social Work, Dec 2004, vol. 34, no. 8, p. 1189-97.

ProQuest

 

 

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Delayed Discharge in Other Patient Groups

 

Reasons for delayed discharge of trauma patients

Brasel-Karen-J, et al. The Journal of Surgical Research Oct 2002, vol. 107, no. 2, p. 223-6.

 

Delayed discharge and acceptability of ambulatory surgery in adult outpatients receiving general anesthesia

Shirakami-Gotaro, et alJournal of Anesthesia 2005, vol. 19, no. 2, p. 93-101.

 

Delayed discharge from rehabilitation after brain injury

Worthington-Andrew-D, Oldham-J-Barrie. . Clinical Rehabilitation Jan 2006, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 79-82.