title: [Hospital discharge for elderly persons: a cross-sectional study in Alsace].
abstract: The objectives of this study are to analyse in the Alsacian region the needs of people aged 75 years old and over after a stay in hospital. It is also to identify the matching point between the ideal patient discharge and the one feasible in reality. Finally, if no matching point is found, the study examines the reasons for this. This is an exhaustive overview conducted 8th December 1994 in the 96 Alsacian hospitals on all patients aged 75 and over than 10 days in short stay services and over 20 days in medium stay services. Thus 965 questionnaires were analysed. On leaving hospital, 60% of ideal discharge are feasible. This percentage varies according to the kind of discharge. From 18% for the Alzheimer units it reaches 91% for "home stay without arrangement". When the ideal discharge is "long stay", it is often not feasible due to structural causes. On the contrary, when going home is the ideal solution, this is often not feasible due to lack of motivation either from the patient or their family.
authors.affiliation: Observatoire Régional de la Santé d'Alsace, Strasbourg.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hurlimann
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ungerer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berthel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kuntzmann
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005195:Family Relations; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Sorties d'hospitalisation pour les personnes âgées: une enquête transversale en Alsace.