Efficacy of a telephone follow-up system in the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 249-254

  Jones, Jeffrey ^a   Clark, William ^a   Bradford, Jack ^a   Dougherty, James ^a  

^a AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department; follow up; patient care outcome; patient compliance; patient satisfaction; quality assurance; risk management; telephone

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEPHONE;

AFTERCARE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0024008112     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0736-4679(88)90336-8     Document Type: Article

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