Effectiveness of early discharge planning in acutely ill or injured hospitalized older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older age and higher acuity are associated with prolonged hospital stays and hospital readmissions. Early discharge planning may reduce lengths of hospital stay and hospital readmissions; however, its effectiveness with acutely admitted older adults is unclear.

Methods

In this systematic review, we compared the effectiveness of early discharge planning to usual care in reducing index length of hospital stay, hospital readmissions, readmission length of hospital stay, and mortality; and increasing satisfaction with discharge planning and quality of life for older adults admitted to hospital with an acute illness or injury.We searched the Cochrane Library, DARE, HTA, NHSEED, ACP, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Proquest Dissertations and Theses, PubMed, Web of Science, Sci

SUBMITTER: Fox MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3707815 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature