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1School of Social Service, Saint Louis University, MO 63103, USA.
Abstract:
Follow-up of patients discharged from hospitals to nursing homes is often difficult for the busy practitioner to implement. A one page follow-up telephone questionnaire was designed by a hospital social work department to monitor the outcomes of patient transfers to nursing homes at one and three months post-hospital discharge. Time to complete the interviews averaged five minutes. This instrument is designed to inform social workers of the disposition of patient transfers and to monitor client satisfaction. Professional accountability and practice research are addressed in the follow-up process and the implementation of a simple, systematic data gathering instrument.
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