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DISCUSSION This study suggests that, by the use of only Barthel Index, it may be possible to identify patients who may have difficulty in early discharge. This result suggests that the degree of functional dependence is predictive of the risk of difficult discharge. Further studies are needed to confirm the correlation between these data also in other realities (e.g. outside hospital departments). CONCLUSION Nurses could use a single instrument to evaluate the autonomy and the risk of difficult discharge in order to identify early pa