Key result
A comprehensive discharge planning protocol reduced length of hospital stay by 2 days and increased the average time between discharge and readmission by 11 days in patients aged ≥75 years.
Why the study?
Does a comprehensive discharge planning protocol implemented by a Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist reduce length of hospital stay and increase time to readmission in acute care patients age 75 and older?
RCT (n=80)
Double-blind
Does a comprehensive discharge planning protocol implemented by a Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist reduce length of hospital stay and increase time to readmission in acute care patients age 75 and older?
A comprehensive discharge planning protocol led by a Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist effectively reduces hospital length of stay and delays readmission in elderly acute care patients.
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Supports adoption of gerontological nurse specialist-led discharge planning for patients ≥75; extends RCT evidence on reducing hospital utilization.
The effectiveness of a comprehensive discharge planning protocol (CDPP), implemented by a Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist (GCNS), was examined in a double-blind study. Eighty acute care patients age 75 and older participated in the study. For those in the treatment group, length of hospital stay was reduced by 2 days and the average time between discharge and readmission was increased by 11 days. According to functional status measures, placement at 2 and 4 weeks post-discharge was deemed appropriate for over 87% of the patients in both groups.
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Kennedy et al. (1987) conducted an RCT in Acute care (n=80). Comprehensive discharge planning protocol (CDPP) was evaluated on Length of hospital stay and time between discharge and readmission. A comprehensive discharge planning protocol reduced length of hospital stay by 2 days and increased the average time between discharge and readmission by 11 days in patients aged ≥75 years.
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