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Hospital discharge
— a descriptive study of the patient journey for frail older people with complex needs | | Author(s) | Fraser Mitchell, Mhairi Gilmour, Gordon McClaren |
| Journal title | Journal of Integrated Care, vol 18, issue 3, June 2010 |
| Pages | pp 30-36 |
| Source | http://www.pierprofessional.com doi:10.5042/jic.2010.0246 |
| Keywords | Discharge [hospitals] ; Coordination ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Fife. |
| Annotation | Successful discharge of frail older people from hospital requires effective partnership working between health and social care agencies. This paper reports a descriptive study using locally available health and social care data relating to the patient journey of a cohort of frail, older people with complex health and social care needs. The study identifies contact with social care services and some health services prior to hospital admission, charts the patient journey to hospital, and provides information on discharge destinations. The findings have implications for the discharge planning, process and improvement of community care services, including intermediate care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100625008 A |
| Classmark | LD:QKJ: QAJ: QK6: 9EF |
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