Table 2 Categories of interventions by effectiveness

 • Pre-discharge patient education and telephone follow-up

Sales et al. [35]

-

 • Pre-discharge planning and telephone follow-up

Dai et al.-craniotomy [37]; Naylor et al.-medical [36]

Dai et al.-stroke [37]; Naylor et al.-surgical [36]

 • Telephone follow-up, printed education materials and case management

-

Riegel et al. [31]

 • Pre-discharge education, telephone follow-up, and home visits

-

Jaarsma et al. [32]

 • Pre-discharge education, physical therapy and dietary consult, discharge planning, telephone follow up and home visits

Anderson et al. [29]

-

 • Patient-centred, transition-focused care curriculum for residents, medication assessment, telephone follow up and home visits

Record et al. [34]

-

 • Pre-discharge education, dietetic consults, telephone follow-up, and primary care or specialist follow-up

-

McDonald et al. [33]

 • Telephone follow-up, telemedicine and telephone hotline

-

Sorknaes et al. 2011 [30]; Sorknaes et al. 2013 [28]