One in 10 hospitalized patients are medically ready for discharge but experience major discharge barriers, according to a study published online Aug. 8 in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
for discharge. Patients experiencing major discharge barriers were more commonly found in public versus private, nonprofit hospitals and county versus noncounty hospitals .
"Initiatives should emphasize development of community or payer-funded transitional care programs, targeted financial and structural changes that focus on the medically complex population, as well as strategic partnerships to remove bureaucratic, administrative, and legal delays," the authors write.
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