How Social Connectedness Helps Patients Stay Home After Hospital at Home Enrollment: A Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While enrolled in Hospital at Home (HaH) programs, patients rely on their social network to provide supportive behaviors that are routinely provided by hospital staff in the inpatient setting.

Objective

This study investigated how social connectedness is associated with patient outcomes in a HaH program.

Design

The explanatory iterative sequential mixed methods design included an electronic health record review to collect quantitative measures to describe the severity of patient illness and healthcare utilization and then qualitative interviews to explain quantitative findings.

Participants

The quantitative phase included 100 patients (18 years or older) admitted to the hospital who were subsequently enrolled in the HaH program. In the qualitative ph

SUBMITTER: Ledford CJW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11534937 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature