title: Discharge planning: an organizational perspective.
abstract: Economic pressures and the advent of prospective payment systems have heightened the importance of effective discharge planning. In this examination of the organizational dimension of the discharge process, a conceptual approach for understanding complex organizations is outlined and strategies for negotiating multifaceted systems are presented.
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003657:Decision Making; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012947:Social Work; D012948:Social Work Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*