Figure 1.
Samples of patients and caregivers investigated.
Table 1.
Patient and discharge characteristics.
Table 2.
Reasons for discharge, based on interviews and focus group*, and observations during daily rounds, categorised into four themes.
Table 3.
Most frequently used discharge criteria per patient, as applied in the various departments (in bold department-specific criteria not occurring in the overall list, in italic the non-medical reasons).
Table 4.
Discharge criteria at surgery, paediatric, and neurology wards (in % of patients in whom these criteria were deemed relevant) ordered in the four themes.
Table 5.
Patient satisfaction about hospitalisation and discharge process (part a), information received (part b), and discharge planning aspects (part c) (highest and lowest scores per item are shown in bold and italic, respectively).