Transitional care quality indicators to assess quality of care following hospitalisation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure: a systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:The period following hospitalisation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or heart failure (HF)-when patients transition between settings and clinicians-is one of high risk. Transitional care services that bridge the gap from hospital to home can improve outcomes, but there are no widely accepted indicators to assess their quality. METHODS AND ANALYSIS:In this systematic review, we will summarise transitional care quality indicators, and describe their associations with clinical, patient-reported and cost outcomes. We will search MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and HealthSTAR, as well as grey literature and reference lists of included articles. We will screen all studies published between January 1990 and October 2019 that test an intervention that aims to improve the hosp

SUBMITTER: Michael F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6955556 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature