Patient-physician communication at hospital discharge and patients' understanding of the postdischarge treatment plan

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1026-1030

  Calkins, David R ^a   Davis, Roger B ^b   Reiley, Peggy ^b   Phillips, Russell S ^b   Pineo, Katherine L C ^b   Delbanco, Thomas L ^b   Iezzoni, Lisa I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030969693     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.9.1026     Document Type: Article

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