Caregiver Integration During Discharge Planning for Older Adults to Reduce Resource Use: A Metaanalysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the effect of integrating informal caregivers into discharge planning on postdischarge cost and resource use in older adults.

Design

A systematic review and metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials that examine the effect of discharge planning with caregiver integration begun before discharge on healthcare cost and resource use outcomes. MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library databases were searched for all English-language articles published between 1990 and April 2016.

Setting

Hospital or skilled nursing facility.

Participants

Older adults with informal caregivers discharged to a community setting.

Measurements

Readmission rates, length of and time to post-discharge rehospitalizations, costs of postdischarge care.

Resu

SUBMITTER: Rodakowski J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5555776 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature