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Impact of accurate initial discharge planning and in-patient transfers of care on discharge delays: a retrospective cohort study

2024-10-12 health systems and quality improvement Title + abstract only
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ObjectiveTo investigate the association between initial discharge planning and transfers of in-patient care with discharge delay. To identify operational changes which could expedite discharge within the Discharge to Assess (D2A) model. DesignRetrospective cohort study. SettingUniversity Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHSFT). ParticipantsAll adults ([≥]18 years) who registered a hospital spell in UHSFT between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2022 (n = 258,051 spells). Individual...

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