Home care and emergency medicine: A pilot project to discharge patients safely from the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 951-954

  Sinclair, D ^a   Ackroyd Stolarz, S ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early discharge; Home care; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033869926     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb02081.x     Document Type: Article

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