Why the study?
Does the Hospital Admission Risk Profile (HARP) score predict skilled nursing or acute rehabilitation facility discharge in hospitalized older adults?
Population
428 hospitalized individuals aged 70 and older admitted from home to an inpatient unit of a rural academic…
Comparison
High Hospital Admission Risk Profile (HARP) score vs Low HARP score
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Until hospital discharge
Authors
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High HARP scores may guide discharge planning in older adults; leaves open whether score-guided interventions improve outcomes.
Does the Hospital Admission Risk Profile (HARP) score predict skilled nursing or acute rehabilitation facility discharge in hospitalized older adults?
The HARP score can identify older hospitalized adults at high risk for discharge to a skilled nursing or acute rehabilitation facility, enabling targeted interventions and early discharge planning.
Liu et al. (2016) studied this question.
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