Generic care pathway for elderly patients in need of home care services after discharge from hospital: a cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improved discharge arrangements and targeted post-discharge follow-up can reduce the risk of adverse events after hospital discharge for elderly patients. Although more care is to shift from specialist to primary care, there are few studies on post-discharge interventions run by primary care. A generic care pathway, Patient Trajectory for Home-dwelling elders (PaTH) including discharge arrangements and follow-up by primary care, was developed and introduced in Central Norway Region in 2009, applying checklists at defined stages in the patient trajectory. In a previous paper, we found that PaTH had potential of improving follow-up in primary care. The aim of this study was to establish the effect of PaTH-compared to usual care-for elderly in need of home care services aft

SUBMITTER: Rosstad T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5392928 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature