Reducing risk with telephone follow-up of patients who leave against medical advice or fail to complete an ED visit

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 223-232

  Strinko, Janice M ^a,b   Howard, Cheryl A ^a,b   Schaeffer, Susan L ^a,b   Laughlin, Judith A ^a,b   Berry, Marcia A ^a,b   Turner, Sean N ^a,b  

^a Bay Pines Vet Aff Medical Center ^*

^b Bay Pines VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DECISION TREE; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AFTERCARE; ALGORITHMS; DECISION TREES; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; TELEPHONE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0034203406     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/men.2000.106909     Document Type: Article

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