Authors (year), Type of study Sample, nature of complexity Settings for transitions country Manias et al. Cross-sectional 707 health professionals completed survey (response Metropolitan tertiary hospitals (2016)37 Australia prospective survey rate 14%), represented by nursing (60%), medicine Metropolitan general community hospitals study (22%) and allied health (18%) Country hospitals Patients situated in diverse settings Community health centres Mental health services Manias et al. Retrospective 127 patient transfers to emergency department of Two rural public hospitals (2016)38 Australia clinical audit metropolitan hospital One metropolitan public teaching hospital Diverse clinical settings of rural hospitals Royal Flying Doctor Service Emergency department of metropolitan hospital McBride et al. Pre- and post- 160 patients, > 40 years, with patients having an Public teaching hospital (2014)52 United quality average of three comorbidities with chronic kidney Outpatient case management Kingdom improvement study disease (25%) Specialist cardiology wards, general More than half of patients (54%) were New York Heart medical wards Association class III, 26% were class II and 4% were class IV Patients of low socioeconomic backgrounds McMurray et al. Multi-site Patients aged 65 years and older following hip fracture Three Canadian sites (large urban, (2013)12 Canada ethnographic field surgery who move across care setting transitions smaller urban, rural) study Interviews with hip fracture patients (n=23), their informal carers (n=19) and health professionals (n=100)
Authors (year), country Type of study Sample, nature of complexity Settings for transitions Manias et al. (2016)37 Australia Cross-sectional prospective survey study 707 health professionals completed survey (response rate 14%), represented by nursing (60%), medicine (22%) and allied health (18%) Patients situated in diverse settings Metropolitan tertiary hospitals Metropolitan general community hospitals Country hospitals Community health centres Mental health services Manias et al. (2016)38 Australia Retrospective clinical audit 127 patient transfers to emergency department of metropolitan hospital Two rural public hospitals One metropolitan public teaching hospital Diverse clinical settings of rural hospitals Royal Flying Doctor Service Emergency department of metropolitan hospital McBride et al. (2014)52 United Kingdom Pre- and post- quality improvement study 160 patients, > 40 years, with patients having an average of three comorbidities with chronic kidney disease (25%) More than half of patients (54%) were New York Heart Association class III, 26% were class II and 4% were class IV Patients of low socioeconomic backgrounds Public teaching hospital Outpatient case management Specialist cardiology wards, general medical wards McMurray et al. (2013)12 Canada Multi-site ethnographic field study Patients aged 65 years and older following hip fracture surgery who move across care setting transitions Interviews with hip fracture patients (n=23), their informal carers (n=19) and health professionals (n=100) Three Canadian sites (large urban, smaller urban, rural)
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