Comparison7.Effect of discharge planning on patients’and carers’ satisfaction compared to usual care.
One trial recruiting patients with a medical condition reported increased patient satisfaction for those allocated to discharge plan-ning at one and sixmonths follow up, with thegreatest differences reported for patients’ perceptions of continuity of care and non fi-nancial access to medical care [Weinberger]. Another trial recruit-ing fewer patients failed to detect a difference between groups for patient satisfaction at three and six months follow up [Nazareth]. In the study by Moher a subgroup of 40 patients, who were asked to complete a satisfaction questionnaire, reported increased sat-is faction with discharge planning (difference 27%, p