Table 5 Quality indicators assessed in study outcomes- included studies (n = 12)

• Discharge protocol & advanced practice nurse

Naylor (1990) [72]

✔

✔

✔

Naylor (1994) [68]

✔

✔

✔

Naylor (1999) [77]

✔

✔

✔

✔

Naylor (2004) [75]

✔

✔

✔

✔

Enguidanos (2012) [74]

✔

✔

✔

✔

• General practitioner and primary care nurse models

Weinberger (1996) [67]

✔

✔

✔

✔

McInnes (1999) [73]

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

Preen (2005) [66]

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

• Self-management and transitional coaching

Coleman (2006) [69]

✔

✔

✔

• Discharge case management

Lim (2003) [76]

✔

✔

✔

• Inpatient geriatric evaluation, co-management and transitional care

Hansen (1995) [70]

✔

✔

✔

✔

Legrain (2011) [71]

✔

✔

✔