KEY FINDINGS (1) Almost half of the families with chronic conditions in high-deductible health plans reported health care related financial burdens, compared with 21 percent of families in traditional health plans. (2) Almost twice as many lower-income families in high-deductible health plans spend more than 3 percent of their annual income on health care expenses than lower-income families in ...

The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 3 May 2010 192 9 1-2 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 1899 www.mja.com.au Viewpoint What we really need are “local health networks”, of white buil ings. And those networks need to be support of, and include, primary care. If we don managing chronic disease, providing equired reha preventing complex conditions from becoming wo health system will c...

THE LAMENT in Tennyson's In Memoriam, "So many worlds, so much to do,/So little done, such things to be," all but characterizes the attitude of the Victorians, who, though shocked by the discovery of social ills within their society, confidently set about to solve their problems with grave determination. New knowledge in the social and natural sciences seemed to promise a means of recovery from...

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that effective discharge planning is one of the key factors related to the quality of inpatient care and unnecessary hospital readmission. The perception and understanding of hospital discharge by health professionals is important in developing effective discharge planning. The aims of this present study were to explore the perceived quality of current ...

BACKGROUND Older age and higher acuity are associated with prolonged hospital stays and hospital readmissions. Early discharge planning may reduce lengths of hospital stay and hospital readmissions; however, its effectiveness with acutely admitted older adults is unclear. METHODS In this systematic review, we compared the effectiveness of early discharge planning to usual care in reducing ind...