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Table 3 Distribution of articles according to phase of care during discharge from ICU and quality of care frameworks

From: Patient discharge from intensive care: an updated scoping review to identify tools and practices to inform high-quality care

Characteristic, n(%)

All studies (n = 314)

Adult (n = 162)

Pediatric (n = 34)

Neonatal (n = 97)

Not reported (n = 31)

Phase of care

     

Execution of discharge

185 (58.9)

95 (58.6)

25 (73.5)

50 (51.5)

24 (77.4)

Post-discharge follow-up

159 (50.6)

95 (58.6)

13 (38.2)

45 (46.4)

11 (35.5)

Planning for discharge

93 (29.6)

28 (17.3)

14 (41.2)

50 (51.5)

7 (22.6)

Evaluation for discharge

42 (13.4)

17 (10.5)

5 (14.7)

17 (17.5)

3 (9.7)

Donabedian Framework

     

Process

199 (63.4)

86 (53.1)

21 (61.8)

77 (79.4)

24 (77.4)

Outcome

159 (50.6)

105 (64.8)

11 (32.4)

36 (37.1)

10 (32.3)

Structure

94 (29.9)

44 (27.2)

18 (52.9)

25 (25.8)

14 (45.2)

Institute of medicine framework

     

Safe

161 (51.3)

93 (57.4)

16 (47.1)

40 (41.2)

16 (51.6)

Patient-centered

153 (48.7)

56 (34.6)

18 (52.9)

71 (73.2)

13 (41.9)

Effective

112 (35.7)

54 (33.3)

16 (47.1)

36 (37.1)

13 (41.9)

Efficient

85 (27.1)

48 (29.6)

13 (38.2)

18 (18.6)

13 (41.9)

Timely

54 (17.2)

37 (22.8)

7 (20.6)

6 (6.2)

9 (29.0)

Equitable

5 (1.6)

1 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

3 (3.1)

1 (3.2)

  1. Responses are not mutually exclusive across and within categories and add up to more than 100%