Objective:

Design and validate a methodology for the implementation of the "hospital Discharge Plan" as a support mechanism in the health care for patients with chronic disease (CD) and their family caregivers (CF) in Colombia.

Methodology:

Descriptive study that is part of the Program for the Reduction of the disease burden in Colombia. For its development, it included the following steps: 1) Consolidation of a guideline. 2) Validation of the "Hospital Discharge Plan" implementation process. 3) Test pilot implementation the "Hospital Discharge Plan"

Results:

Based on the state of the art a careful definition of steps required to develop a "Hospital Discharge Plan" are addressed. The core issue is the caring competence of the patient and his /her family caregiver in order to assure continuous and safe care when leaving the institution.

Conclusions:

The methodology used to develop the "Hospital Discharge Plan" for people with chronic disease in Colombia that was developed and validated in this study provides conceptual and procedural elements to implement and systematize a discharge program based on the strengthening of the caring competence of the people with CD and their family caregivers. This methodology is a tool to help reduce the burden of care of people with CD in Colombia.

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