Bmc Health Serv Res
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Bmc Health Serv Res · Mar 2017
Multicenter StudyAssociation of admission and patient characteristics with quality of discharge letters: posthoc analysis of a retrospective study.
A complete, correct and timely discharge letter can communicate important information from the hospital to the general practitioner. The adequacy of the letter may vary with the patient and admission characteristics of the patient. Insight in the association between these characteristics and the presence and quality of the discharge letter will give rise to improvement activities for a better continuity of care after discharge. The objective was to determine the presence, correctness and timeliness of admission information in discharge letters and to determine the association between patient and admission characteristics, including unplanned readmissions and the quality of the discharge letter. ⋯ The quality of discharge letters varies with patient and admission characteristics.