Facilitating discharge planning: the Risk Assessment of Complex Discharge Index.

Fabrizio BertEleonora CuguddaGiuseppina Lo MoroCarolina DevardoElena CitinoCristina FaenziAntonio ScarmozzinoRoberta Siliquini

Published in: Journal of public health (Oxford, England) (2023)

The reduced items and mostly dichotomous answers made RACDI a tool easy to be used in daily practice. RACDI helps in classifying patients needing discharge planning for social care and is a starting point to standardize the evaluation of social context early in hospitalization. Further work is needed to overcome limitations and assess additional outcomes.

Keyphrases

healthcare
risk assessment
end stage renal disease
mental health
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
primary care
palliative care
quality improvement
prognostic factors
physical activity
type diabetes
human health
pain management