TY - JOUR
T1 - Social work discharge planning in acute care hospitals in Israel
T2 - Clients' evaluation of the discharge planning process and adequacy
AU - Soskolne, Varda
AU - Kaplan, Giora
AU - Ben-Shahar, Ilana
AU - Stanger, Varda
AU - Auslander, Gail K.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Objective: To examine the associations of patients' characteristics, hospitalization factors, and the patients' or family assessment of the discharge planning process, with their evaluation of adequacy of the discharge plan. Method: A prospective study. Social workers from 11 acute care hospitals in Israel provided data on 1426 discharged patients. At 2-week postdischarge, 407 patients and 659 family members evaluated the discharge planning process (information received, involvement, influence) and adequacy. Results: More family (77%) than patients (62%) assessed the discharge planning to be adequate. Discharge process variables contributed more than patient or hospitalization characteristics to evaluation of adequacy but had a negligible mediation effect. Factors significantly associated with higher adequacy of plans were: hospital ward, receiving information, high family involvement, and discharge destination among patients; receiving of information and high patient and family involvement among family respondents. Conclusions: Social workers should actively involve patients and family in discharge planning.
AB - Objective: To examine the associations of patients' characteristics, hospitalization factors, and the patients' or family assessment of the discharge planning process, with their evaluation of adequacy of the discharge plan. Method: A prospective study. Social workers from 11 acute care hospitals in Israel provided data on 1426 discharged patients. At 2-week postdischarge, 407 patients and 659 family members evaluated the discharge planning process (information received, involvement, influence) and adequacy. Results: More family (77%) than patients (62%) assessed the discharge planning to be adequate. Discharge process variables contributed more than patient or hospitalization characteristics to evaluation of adequacy but had a negligible mediation effect. Factors significantly associated with higher adequacy of plans were: hospital ward, receiving information, high family involvement, and discharge destination among patients; receiving of information and high patient and family involvement among family respondents. Conclusions: Social workers should actively involve patients and family in discharge planning.
KW - Adequacy
KW - Discharge planning
KW - Israel
KW - Patient and family involvement
KW - Process
KW - Social work in health settings
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77953860536&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1049731509338934
DO - 10.1177/1049731509338934
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AN - SCOPUS:77953860536
SN - 1049-7315
VL - 20
SP - 368
EP - 379
JO - Research on Social Work Practice
JF - Research on Social Work Practice
IS - 4
ER -