Patient Perspectives on Care Transitions From Hospital to Home.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Understanding the patient's perspective of their care transition process from hospital or skilled nursing facility (SNF) to home may highlight gaps in care and inform system improvements.

Objective

To gather data about patients' care transition experiences and factors associated with follow-up appointment completion.

Design, setting, and participants

A survey tool was developed with input from patient advisors and organizations participating in a collaborative quality initiative. Seventeen hospitals, 12 practitioner organizations, and 6 SNFs in Michigan collaborated to identify shared patients who were aged 18 years and older, had a working telephone number, recently returned home or to an assisted living facility with a diagnosis of congestive heart failur

SUBMITTER: Jones B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9077479 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature