Early Discharge and Specialist Transitional Care |
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| Authors: | Dorothy Brooten Linda P Brown Barbara Hazard Munro Ruth York Susan M Cohen Marianne Roncoli rea Hollingsworth |
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| Institution: | Professor and Chair, Health Care of Women and Childbearing, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania.;Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania.;Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania.;Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania.;Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania.;Assistant Professor and Clinical Director, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania.;Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania. |
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| Abstract: | A model has been designed to discharge patients early from the hospital by substituting a portion of hospital care with a comprehensive program of transitional home follow-up by nurse specialists. The model, initially tested with very low birth weight infants, provides a framework for examining both the quality of care as reflected in patient outcomes and cost of care to specific patient groups. Its design documents nursing interventions and allows for comparisons of care by nurse specialists and other health care providers. |
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