Does a dedicated discharge coordinator improve the quality of hospital discharge?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-96

  Houghton, Anita ^c   Bowling, Ann ^a,d   Clarke, Kim D ^a   Hopkins, Anthony P ^c   Jones, Ian ^b  

^a PNM   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discharge coordinator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LENGTH OF STAY; LONDON; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORK; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0030163742     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.5.2.89     Document Type: Article

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