Patients’ and caregivers’ transition from hospital to home: Needs and recommendations

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 27-48

  Weaver, Frances M ^a   Perloff, Linda ^b   Waters, Teresa ^b  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge planning; Home care; Satisfaction with care

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; EVALUATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AFTERCARE; CAREGIVERS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FOCUS GROUPS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032233615     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v17n03_03     Document Type: Article

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