TY - JOUR
T1 - Pediatric discharge planning
T2 - Complications, efficiency, and adequacy
AU - Proctor, Enola K.
AU - Morrow-Howell, Nancy
AU - Kitchen, Alice
AU - Wang, Yeong Tsyr
PY - 1995/12/4
Y1 - 1995/12/4
N2 - The complications encountered in discharge planning in an acute care pediatric hospital were documented. The cases of 105 children hospitalized on selected units of an acute care, regional, pediatric hospital in the Midwest were studied. The most frequently encountered complications were financial, family unavailability and lack of cooperation, family inability/unwillingness to learn patient care, custody issues, unexpected medical developments, and trans-portation problems. Team differences in understanding the child’s psychosocial situation and custody disputes were associated with delays in discharge. Private insurance, late referral, and lack of family availability were associated with the adequacy of the discharge plan, as rated by the discharge planner at discharge. Results show discharge planning to be a complex process, affected by family, resource, and team work issues.
AB - The complications encountered in discharge planning in an acute care pediatric hospital were documented. The cases of 105 children hospitalized on selected units of an acute care, regional, pediatric hospital in the Midwest were studied. The most frequently encountered complications were financial, family unavailability and lack of cooperation, family inability/unwillingness to learn patient care, custody issues, unexpected medical developments, and trans-portation problems. Team differences in understanding the child’s psychosocial situation and custody disputes were associated with delays in discharge. Private insurance, late referral, and lack of family availability were associated with the adequacy of the discharge plan, as rated by the discharge planner at discharge. Results show discharge planning to be a complex process, affected by family, resource, and team work issues.
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U2 - 10.1300/J010v22n01_01
DO - 10.1300/J010v22n01_01
M3 - Article
C2 - 8693395
AN - SCOPUS:0029610444
SN - 0098-1389
VL - 22
SP - 1
EP - 18
JO - Social Work in Health Care
JF - Social Work in Health Care
IS - 1
ER -