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Characteristics and outcomes of elderly patients receiving transitional care
Pamela L Parsons1, Cynthia Gifford
1Clinical Faculty, School of Nursing and Department of General Medicine and Primary Care, Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, USA. pparsons@mail2.vcu.edu
Outcomes Management
|October 19, 2002
Abstract:
Transitional care programs are one method of providing care to elderly high-risk patients. The aims of this study were to determine if patient characteristics (including number of comorbidities, functional status, and length of stay during initial hospitalization) and social factors (including presence of a caregiver in the home and place of discharge disposition) were associated with increased hospital readmission and mortality for patients discharged from specialized transitional care.