Transitional care programs for trauma patients: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transitional care programs establish comprehensive outpatient care after hospitalization. This scoping review aimed to define participant characteristics and structure of transitional care programs for injured adults as well as associated readmission rates, cost of care, and follow-up adherence.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews standard. Information sources searched were Medline, the Cochrane Library, CINAHL, and Scopus Plus with Full Text. Eligibility criteria were systematic reviews, clinical trials, and observational studies of transitional care programs for injured adults in the United States, published in English since 2000. Two indepen

SUBMITTER: Shilati FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10527729 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature