Early Supported Discharge for Older Adults Admitted to Hospital with Medical Complaints: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Views of Stakeholders.

This research highlights the barriers and facilitators to ESD for older medical inpatients from the perspectives of key stakeholders. Given the adverse outcomes associated with prolonged hospital stay, these findings will help inform the development of a feasibility trial, examining patient and process outcomes for older adults admitted to hospital with medical complaints who receive an ESD intervention.