Table 1: Body of Evidence Examined According to Study Design

Table 2: Summary of Systematic Reviews

Table 3: Results of Two Meta-Analyses – Comparison of Individualized Discharge Planning Versus Usual Care and Comprehensive Discharge Planning With Postdischarge Support Versus Usual Care

Table 4: Summary of Interventions Tested in Randomized Controlled Trials Included in Systematic Review

Table 5: Results of Discharge Planning Compared with Usual Care

Table 6: Readmission Rates with Comprehensive Discharge Planning Plus Postdischarge Support Compared with Usual Care

Table 7: Summary of Recent Studies Not Included in Systematic Reviews

Table 8: Summary of Results

Table 9: Results of Discharge Planning Compared with Usual Care

Table 10: Results of Discharge Planning Compared with Usual Care

Table 11: Conclusions of Evidence-Based Review

Table A1: Quality (EPOC) of Randomized Controlled Trialsa

Table A2: Randomized Controlled Trials

Table A3: Summary of Interventions Tested in Randomized Controlled Trials

Table A4: Randomized Controlled Trials

Table A5: Summary of Interventions Tested in Randomized Controlled Trials

Table A6: GRADE Evidence Profile for Comparison of Predischarge Planning Care and Usual Care

Table A7: GRADE Evidence Profile for Comparison of Predischarge Planning Plus Postdischarge Support and Usual Care

Table A8: Risk of Bias Among Randomized Controlled Trials for the Comparison of Predischarge Planning Plus Postdischarge Support to Usual Care