Transitional care: hospital to home.
Contemporary acute hospital care of older adults must include special attention to the transitional, or peridischarge, phase of hospitalization. This article reviews the evidence from outcomes data and economic factors that demonstrate that precise transitional planning is a critical element in the care of older hospitalized adults. Some of the promising initiatives being explored around the country are reviewed.
Hall
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General Medicine/ Geriatrics Unit, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D018575:Home Care Services, Hospital-Based; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans