Effects of Caregiver’s Gender or Distance Between Caregiver and Patient’s Home on Home Discharge from Hospital in 285 Patients Aged ≥75 Years in Japan

Yoshimasa Oda; Naoko E. Katsuki; Masaki Tago; Risa Hirata; Osamu Kojiro; Masanori Nishiyama; Masamichi Oda; Shu-ichi Yamashita

doi:10.12659/MSM.939202

24 January 2023 : Clinical Research

Effects of Caregiver’s Gender or Distance Between Caregiver and Patient’s Home on Home Discharge from Hospital in 285 Patients Aged ≥75 Years in Japan

Yoshimasa Oda^12ABCDEF, Naoko E. Katsuki

^1ABCDEF, Masaki Tago

^1ABDEFG*, Risa Hirata

^1CDEF, Osamu Kojiro^3ABE, Masanori Nishiyama^2ADE, Masamichi Oda^3E, Shu-ichi Yamashita^1ADE

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.939202

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939202

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Figure 1 Data flowOf the 5 882 patients admitted to the hospital during the study period, 3 223 patients were aged ≥75 years. Among them, 312 consented to participate and responded to the questionnaire; 285 patients were available for analysis after excluding 27 patients for whom information was lacking about their place of residence for 30 days after discharge. This figure was created using Microsoft® PowerPoint® for Microsoft 365 MSO (version 2208 build 16.0.15601.20148).

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Effects of Caregiver’s Gender or Distance Between Caregiver and Patient’s Home on Home Discharge from Hospital in 285 Patients Aged ≥75 Years in Japan

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