Comprehensive discharge planning and home follow-up of hospitalized elders: A randomized clinical trial

JAMA

Volumn 281, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 613-620

  Naylor, Mary D ^a   Brooten, Dorothy ^d   Campbell, Roberta ^a   Jacobsen, Barbara S ^a   Mezey, Mathy D ^e   Pauly, Mark V ^b   Schwartz, J Sanford ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REIMBURSEMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033577026     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.281.7.613     Document Type: Article

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