Authors (year), Type of study Sample, nature of complexity Settings for transitions country Reilly et al. (2013)31 Qualitative Semi-structured interviews with dialysis care Public teaching hospital USA interview study physicians, nurses and social workers (n=36) Inpatient hospital dialysis units Haemodialysis patients moving between dialysis units Outpatient dialysis units and hospital units Romagnuolo et al. Pre- and post- Emergency patients presenting with non-variceal Public teaching hospital (2005)33 Canada intervention study upper gastrointestinal bleeding (n=39 during Emergency department and n=22 during post-intervention) General internal medicine department Endoscopy unit Scott et al. (2014)34 Retrospective Patients discharged from and readmitted to general General medicine service Australia case-control study medicine service within 30 days of discharge Metropolitan tertiary teaching hospital of hospital records Patients diagnosed with failure, urinary tract infection, exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cellulitis, chest pain, dementia or delirium, lower respiratory tract infection or pneumonia, sepsis, and syncope or collapse (113 readmitted cases and 198 controls) Sharma and Peters Non blinded pre- Mechanically ventilated paediatric patients (n=71 at Public teaching hospital (2013)18 United and post- pre-intervention and n=38 at post-intervention) Paediatric intensive care unit Kingdom intervention observation study et al. (2016)19 Pre- and 278 paediatric patient transfers from the University-affiliated children’s hospital USA intervention study cardiovascular ICU to acute care unit Cardiovascular intensive care unit care unit
Authors (year), country Type of study Sample, nature of complexity Settings for transitions Reilly et al. (2013)31 USA Qualitative interview study Semi-structured interviews with dialysis care physicians, nurses and social workers (n=36) Haemodialysis patients moving between dialysis units and hospital units Public teaching hospital Inpatient hospital dialysis units Outpatient dialysis units Romagnuolo et al. (2005)33 Canada Pre- and post- intervention study Emergency patients presenting with non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (n=39 during and n=22 during post-intervention) Public teaching hospital Emergency department General internal medicine department Endoscopy unit Scott et al. (2014)34 Australia Retrospective case-control study of hospital records Patients discharged from and readmitted to general medicine service within 30 days of discharge Patients diagnosed with failure, urinary tract infection, exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cellulitis, chest pain, dementia or delirium, lower respiratory tract infection or pneumonia, sepsis, and syncope or collapse (113 readmitted cases and 198 controls) General medicine service Metropolitan tertiary teaching hospital Sharma and Peters (2013)18 United Kingdom Non blinded pre- and post- intervention observation study Mechanically ventilated paediatric patients (n=71 at pre-intervention and n=38 at post-intervention) Public teaching hospital Paediatric intensive care unit et al. (2016)19 USA Pre- and study 278 paediatric patient transfers from the cardiovascular ICU to acute care unit University-affiliated children’s hospital Cardiovascular intensive care unit care unit intervention