Abstract

Many factors influence, and research supports a linkage, between a patient's perception of the hospital experience, the subsequent transition home, and hospital readmission. The problem is that when the patient perceives discharge planning to be inadequate, dissatisfaction and rehospitalization occurs. Unfortunately, predictors that create a satisfying patient transition from the hospital to home with home care are neither well studied nor well understood. This quantitative, nonexperimental, correlational design using survey methodology examined whether the type of hospital and discharge planning predict home care satisfaction, and whether home care satisfaction, and home care coordinator attendance of Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) rounds predicts subsequent hospital readmission. The Expectancy Disconfirmation Theory (EDT) serves as the framework for analysis.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3531497; ProQuest document ID: 1151413983. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Dawn A. Hohl, PhD, MS, BSN, RN

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Discharge Planning, Home Health Care, Patient Satisfaction, Hospital Readmissions

Advisor

Kenneth Gossett

Second Advisor

Kris Iyer

Third Advisor

Ying Liu

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Northcentral University

Degree Year

2012

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None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2024-05-06

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