Quality care outcomes following transitional care interventions for older people from hospital to home: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Provision of high quality transitional care is a challenge for health care providers in many western countries. This systematic review was conducted to (1) identify and synthesise research, using randomised control trial designs, on the quality of transitional care interventions compared with standard hospital discharge for older people with chronic illnesses, and (2) make recommendations for research and practice.

Methods

Eight databases were searched; CINAHL, Psychinfo, Medline, Proquest, Academic Search Complete, Masterfile Premier, SocIndex, Humanities and Social Sciences Collection, in addition to the Cochrane Collaboration, Joanna Briggs Institute and Google Scholar. Results were screened to identify peer reviewed journal articles reporting analysis of quali

SUBMITTER: Allen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4147161 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature