The need for improved discharge criteria for hospitalised patients with COVID-19—implications for patients in long-term care facilities - Sze, Shirley; Pan, Daniel; Williams, Caroline M L; Barker, Joseph; Minhas, Jatinder S; Miller, Chris J; Tang, Julian W; Squire, Iain B; Pareek, Manish (Age and ageing, 2021)
Keywords: Aged; Chemical analysis; Clinical outcomes; Convalescence; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - therapy; COVID-19 Testing - methods; Discharge; Disease transmission; Disease Transmission, Infectious - prevention & control; Female; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Infectivity; Internationality; Long term health care; Long term hospitals; Long-Term Care - methods; Long-Term Care - statistics & numerical data; Male; Needs Assessment; Pandemics; Patient admissions; Patient Discharge - standards; Patient Discharge - trends; Patient Transfer - methods; Patient Transfer - standards; Polymerase chain reaction; Quality Improvement - organization & administration; Reverse transcription; SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Skilled Nursing Facilities - statistics & numerical data; South Africa; United Kingdom--UK; United States--US; Russia; India; COVID-19; discharge; SARS-CoV-2; older people; infectivity; long-term care facilities