What Influences Patients Readiness for Discharge: The Case of Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Cross-Sectional Study
Na Li,
Paulo Moreira,
Manjie Guo
et al.
Abstract:Aims and Objectives. To identify and explore assess factors that influence patients’ readiness for hospital discharge (RHD) after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Background. Evidence has suggested that most clinical staff use clinical laboratory indicators to determine discharge times, while paying little attention to patients’ feelings and needs. Additional research findings have suggested a relationship between patients’ self-reported readiness for hospital discharge and postdischarge complication rates, read… Show more
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