Early supported discharge for older adults admitted to hospital with medical complaints: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Susan Williams (Author), Ann-Marie Morrissey (Author), Fiona Steed (Author), Aoife Leahy (Author), Elaine Shanahan (Author), Catherine Peters (Author), Margaret O’Connor (Author), Rose Galvin (Author), Clíona O'Riordan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: James Cook University, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Early supported discharge (ESD) aims to link acute and community care, allowing hospital inpatients to return home and continue to receive the necessary input from healthcare professionals that they would otherwise receive in hospital. It has been researched extensively in the stroke p...