Telephone follow-up after discharge from the hospital: Does it make a difference?

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 47-52

  Bostrom, Janet ^a   Caldwell, Joan ^a   McGuire, Kay ^a   Everson, Deanne ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; TELEPHONE;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0030133726     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0897-1897(96)80402-2     Document Type: Article

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