Home care referral after emergency department discharge

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-132

  Castro, Julianna M ^a   Anderson, Mary Ann ^b,d   Hanson, Kathleen S ^b   Helms, Lelia B ^c  

^a River Valley Healthcare   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032036626     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0099-1767(98)90014-9     Document Type: Article

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