Defining the characteristics of intermediate care models including transitional care: an international Delphi study.
Duygu SezginRónán O'CaoimhMark R O'DonovanMohamed A SalemSiobhán KennellyLuz Lopez SamaniegoCristina Arnal CardaRafael Rodriguez-AcuñaMarco InzitariTeija HammarClaire HolditchJanet Prvu BettgerMartin VernonÁine CarrollFelix GradingerGaston PermanMartin WilsonAntoine VellaAntonio CherubiniHelen TuckerMaria Pia FantiniGraziano OnderRegina Roller-WirnsbergerLuis Miguel Gutiérrez-RobledoMatteo CesariPaula BertoluciMagdalena KieliszekWilma van der Vlegel-BrouwerMichelle NelsonLeocadio Rodríguez MañasEleftheria AntoniadouFrançois BarriereSebastian LindblomGrace ParkIsidoro PérezDolores AlguacilDouglas LowdonMaria Eugenia AlkizaCristina Alonso BouzonJohn YoungAna CarriazoAaron LiewAnne Hendrynull nullPublished in: Aging clinical and experimental research (2020)
This study identified key defining features of intermediate care to improve understanding and to support comparisons between models and studies evaluating them. More research is required to develop operational definitions for use in different healthcare systems.