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A conceptual model for hospital discharge preparation was developed to ensure attention to the full range of processes needed for a comprehensive discharge strategy.
Presents a conceptual model for hospital discharge preparation to ensure a comprehensive strategy for transitioning patients from hospital to home.
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May guide comprehensive discharge planning; leaves open need for empirical validation before practice change.
There has been a proliferation of initiatives to improve discharge processes and outcomes for the transition from hospital to home and community-based care. Operationalization of these processes has varied widely as hospitals have customized discharge care into innovative roles and functions. This article presents a model for conceptualizing the components of hospital discharge preparation to ensure attention to the full range of processes needed for a comprehensive strategy for hospital discharge.
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Weiss et al. (2015) conducted a review in Hospital discharge. Model for hospital discharge preparation was evaluated. A conceptual model for hospital discharge preparation was developed to ensure attention to the full range of processes needed for a comprehensive discharge strategy.
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