 Patient Discharge
"Patient Discharge" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The administrative process of discharging the patient, alive or dead, from hospitals or other health facilities.
| Descriptor ID |
D010351
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.169.125 E02.760.400.610 N02.421.585.169.125 N02.421.585.400.610 N04.590.233.727.210.125
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| Concept/Terms |
Patient Discharge- Patient Discharge
- Discharge, Patient
- Discharges, Patient
- Patient Discharges
Discharge Planning- Discharge Planning
- Discharge Plannings
- Planning, Discharge
- Plannings, Discharge
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Patient Discharge" by people in this website by year, and whether "Patient Discharge" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2003 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2006 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2007 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2008 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2009 | 7 | 7 | 14 | | 2010 | 1 | 11 | 12 | | 2011 | 5 | 6 | 11 | | 2012 | 9 | 9 | 18 | | 2013 | 12 | 10 | 22 | | 2014 | 9 | 7 | 16 | | 2015 | 13 | 20 | 33 | | 2016 | 17 | 20 | 37 | | 2017 | 13 | 19 | 32 | | 2018 | 22 | 17 | 39 | | 2019 | 14 | 26 | 40 | | 2020 | 16 | 34 | 50 | | 2021 | 17 | 38 | 55 | | 2022 | 14 | 51 | 65 | | 2023 | 13 | 36 | 49 | | 2024 | 19 | 19 | 38 | | 2025 | 10 | 14 | 24 | | 2026 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Discharge" by people in Profiles.
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Young DL, McLaughlin K, Turnbull AE, Thomas CB, Minick K, Gore S, Ridgeway K, Lyons D, Friedman M, Kudchadkar SR, Hoyer EH. Implementation of a Systematic Patient Mobility Program Across 5 Hospitals. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2026 06; 27(6):106205.
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Goston C, Benson T, Coats H. Quality improvement project: Implementing a mortality screening tool post hospital discharge to guide goals of care conversations and improve hospice admissions. Geriatr Nurs. 2026 Jun; 70:104020.
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Singh S, Mann S, Dorsey C, Lahoff D, McDermott W, Cagle J, Min SJ, Lum HD, Fischer SM. Assessing and Listening to Individual Goals and Needs (ALIGN) versus enhanced usual care for hospitalized older patients with cancer discharged to skilled nursing facilities: Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. J Geriatr Oncol. 2026 May; 17(4):102956.
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Edelstein J, Hoffman A, Luby DM, Rosenthal J, Graham JE. Timing and Intensity of Rehabilitation Services During Acute Stroke Hospitalization: Impacts on Functional Recovery and Community Discharge. Am J Occup Ther. 2026 Mar 01; 80(2).
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Deardorff WJ, Tominaga G, Harrison JD, Weerahandi H, Miller MJ, Yukawa M, Lam K. Can I Stay, or Must I Go Now? A Cohort Study of Discharge Appeals in a Post-Acute Skilled Nursing Facility. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2026 04; 27(4):106108.
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Deardorff WJ, Gan S, Jing B, Lam K, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK, Lee SJ. An Updated Mortality and Community Discharge Prognostic Model for Older Adults Admitted to Skilled Nursing Facilities for Post-Acute Care. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2026 04; 27(4):106103.
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Fisk S, Dominguez F, Price K, Brittan MS, Cibak E, Callahan J, Geyer B, Topoz I, Olson C. A Telehealth-Based Transitional Care Model for Children with Medical Complexity. Am J Nurs. 2026 Feb 01; 126(2):54-58.
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Weerahandi H, Williams MV, Rosenthal MA, Anderson TS, Angeli E, Burden M, Dalal S, Farrag S, Fisher A, Keniston A, Westergaard S, Schnipper J. Heterogeneity and misaligned incentives in discharge transition programs: Insights from a multisite rapid qualitative study. J Hosp Med. 2026 Jul; 21(7):766-776.
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Leavitt MA, Hain D. What Matters Most? Qualitative Findings from the Home Health Heart Failure Nurse Navigator Study. Home Healthc Now. 2026 Jan-Feb 01; 44(1):34-39.
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Merski A, Manheim C, Scott W, Fix RM, Intrator O, Haverhals LM. Nursing Home to Home Pilot Program: Supporting Veterans by Facilitating and Monitoring Return to the Community. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2026 Feb; 27(2):106030.
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