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Table 2 Rate of establishment and characteristics of discharge planning departments

From: Expansion of discharge planning system in Japan: Comparison of results of a nationwide survey between 2001 and 2010

 

Year 2001

Year 2010

p-value

 

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

 

Total

1357

100.0

913

100.0

 

Department for discharge planning

     

Present

399

29.4

668

73.2

<0.001

Absent

958

70.6

245

26.8

 

Discharge planning department characteristics

     

Total

399

100.0

668

100.0

 

Establishment year

     

~1989

77

19.3

37

5.5

NA

1990~1994

45

11.3

16

2.4

 

1995~1999

141

35.3

28

4.2

 

2000~2004

95

23.8

173

25.9

 

2004~

-

 

316

47.3

 

Position in hospital

    

<0.001

Administrative division

127

31.8

186

27.8

 

Nursing division

95

23.8

89

13.3

 

Others

75

18.8

100

15.0

 

Under direct control of hospital director

46

11.5

168

25.1

 

Clinical division

44

11.0

97

14.5

 

Person in charge

    

<0.001

Medical social worker

116

29.1

148

22.2

 

Nurse/Public health nurse

110

27.6

176

26.3

 

Physician

92

23.1

262

39.2

 

Clerical staff

59

14.8

65

9.7

 

Staff composition (multiple answers)

     

Medical social worker

217

54.4

548

82.0

0

Nurse/Public health nurse

162

40.6

507

75.9

<0.001

Clerical staff

99

24.8

428

64.1

<0.001

Physician

77

19.3

305

45.7

<0.001

Service other than discharge planning* (multiple answers)

     

Responding to community healthcare workers

319

79.9

500

74.9

ns

Advice on availability of appropriate outpatient services

292

73.2

502

75.1

0.03

Consultation on matters related to medical fees

279

69.9

419

62.7

ns

Home care instructions for outpatients

219

54.9

240

35.9

<0.001

Visiting nurse

111

27.8

86

12.9

<0.001

  1. Chi-squared test. ns: not significant, NA: not applicable.
  2. * Services provided separately from discharge planning.