title: [The effect of giving a copy of the discharge letter to parents].
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of giving parents a copy of the discharge letter (DL) concerning the hospitalization of their child. Questionnaires were sent to parents, general practitioners (GP) and health visitors (HV). Sixty-one per cent of the parents and 64% of the GPs and HVs returned the questionnaires. Seventy-seven per cent of the responding parents had received the discharge letter within a week after the discharge, and 64% of the parents understood the DL without difficulties. The majority regarded it as an improvement of the service to the families.
authors.affiliation: Børneafdelingen, Centralsygehuset i Naestved.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vrang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krabbe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003718:Denmark; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires