Measuring Processes of Integrated Care for Hospital to Home Transitions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Integrated care is a promising approach to improve transitions from hospital for older adults. Measures of integrated care tend to be survey-based or outcomes focused. This study determined the feasibility of using hospital chart data to measure integrated processes of care.

Methods

This paper reports on two objectives: 1) the development of an integrated care transition framework and associated features of care; 2) a pilot study to test if the features could be applied to 214 hospital patient charts.

Results

Twenty-four features were tested, and fifteen features could be reliably measured using chart review. Of these, the percent of patients classified as receiving integrated care varied widely across the items, from 0.05% to 84.1%.

Discussion

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SUBMITTER: Brown CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8086722 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature