Evaluating the Quality of Patient Decision-Making Regarding Post-Acute Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite a national focus on post-acute care brought about by recent payment reforms, relatively little is known about how hospitalized older adults and their caregivers decide whether to go to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) after hospitalization.

Objective

We sought to understand to what extent hospitalized older adults and their caregivers are empowered to make a high-quality decision about utilizing an SNF for post-acute care and what contextual or process elements led to satisfaction with the outcome of their decision once in SNF.

Design

Qualitative inquiry using the Ottawa Decision Support Framework (ODSF), a conceptual framework that describes key components of high-quality decision-making.

Participants

Thirty-two previously community-dwelling

SUBMITTER: Burke RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5910345 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature