"What should I do when I get home?" treatment plan discussion at discharge between specialist physicians and older in-patients: mixed method study

• Main Authors: Tahreem Ghazal Siddiqui (Author), Socheat Cheng (Author), Marte Mellingsæter (Author), Ramune Grambaite (Author), Pål Gulbrandsen (Author), Christofer Lundqvist (Author), Jennifer Gerwing (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background During discharge from hospital, older patients and physicians discuss the plan for managing patients' health at home. If not followed at home, it can result in poor medication management, readmissions, or other adverse events. Comorbidities, polypharmacy and cognitive impair...