Hospital physicians' views on discharge and readmission processes: a qualitative study from Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore hospital physicians' views on readmission and discharge processes in the interface between hospitals and municipalities.

Design

Qualitative case study.

Setting

The Norwegian healthcare system.

Participants

Fifteen hospital physicians (residents and consultants) from one hospital, involved in the treatment and discharge of patients.

Results

The results of this study showed that patients were being discharged earlier, with more complex medical conditions, than they had been previously, and that discharges sometimes were perceived as premature. Insufficient capacity at the hospital resulted in pressure to discharge patients, but the primary healthcare service of the area was not always able to assume care of these patients. Communicati

SUBMITTER: Knutsen Glette M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6720230 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature