[Role of nurses at the Medical Support Center in the discharge and in-home supports].

The Medical Support Center(MSC)of the A university hospital encourages inpatients to leave the hospital and outpatients to live better at home. The medical social workers and the nurses cooperate to achieve these aims. The role of the nurses at the Medical Support Center is to collect information regarding the medical services and the welfare systems, and to provide the patients and their families with this information.