Understanding the groups of care transition strategies used by U.S. hospitals: an application of factor analytic and latent class methods

Table 2 Groups of Transitional Care Strategies Based on Factor Analysis Adjusted with Patient and Caregiver Focus Group Findings and Clinical Input

	Estimated Factor Loadings
Transitional Care Strategies	Factor A (Shared Decision)	Factor B (High Risk)	Factor C (Med Rec)	Factor D (Care Plan)	Factor E (Cross Setting Info Exchange)
1. Urgent Care Plan	0.046	0.071	0.033	0.465a	0.018
2. Transition Team	0.144	0.212b	0.318b	−0.086	0.236
3. Care Coordination	0.026	0.086	0.052	0.304b	0.218
4. Interdisciplinary Approach	−0.007	0.325b	0.233	−0.185	0.300
5. Medication Reconciliation	0.049	−0.101	0.493a^*	0.083	−0.042
6. Identify High Risk Patients and Intervene	0.023	0.521a^*	−0.091	0.020	−0.003
7. Patient and Family Caregiver Transitional Care Needs Assessment	0.511b	0.055	−0.076	− 0.004	0.134b
8. Timely Exchange of Critical Patient Information among Providers	0.022	−0.046	− 0.071	0.084	0.454a
9. Referral to Community Services	0.062	0.418a^*	0.098	0.160	−0.058
10. Shared Decisions	0.578a	−0.015	0.085	−0.010	−0.099
11. Teach Back	0.248b	0.029	0.006	0.222	0.191b
12. Timely Follow-up	0.010	0.115	0.396a^*	0.047	−0.021
13. Transition Summary for Patients and Family Caregivers	−0.092	− 0.002	0.197b	0.267b	0.118
Total Variance Explained	0.603	0.489	0.516	0.446	0.367

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