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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 5/2018

01-05-2018 | Capsule Commentary

Capsule Commentary on Burke et al., Evaluating the Quality of Patient Decision-making Regarding Post-acute Care

Author: Lauren S. Penney, PhD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 5/2018

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This qualitative study by Burke et al.1 describes the degree to which people are enabled to make high-quality, post-acute care (PAC) decisions. They conducted interviews with hospitalized older adult patients (n = 32) and their caregivers (n = 22), while the individual was in the hospital waiting for placement or after they were placed in a skilled nursing facility. Transcripts were analyzed inductively for themes, which were then deductively grouped under broad concepts from the Ottawa Decision-Support Framework (ODSF). …
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Metadata
Title
Capsule Commentary on Burke et al., Evaluating the Quality of Patient Decision-making Regarding Post-acute Care
Author
Lauren S. Penney, PhD
Publication date
01-05-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 5/2018
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4359-0

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