Transition from hospital to nursing home: Discharge planners as a potential lever for quality improvements?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Public reporting is supposed to be helpful in differentiating between well and poorly performing nursing homes; however, hospital patients often have difficulties to deal with quality information. Discharge planners (DP) can support them in comparing quality and, by influencing patients' decision, lead to better provision of care in nursing homes.

Objective

This study investigated the choice behavior of DP, their use of quality information and the potential to impact the decision-making of patients.

Material and methods

A total of 70 DP from German hospitals with a geriatric department participated in an online survey. They were asked about information preferences and tools used for nursing home searches. In addition, they assessed quality information items

SUBMITTER: Kast K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11602860 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature