General practitioner-hospital communications: A review of discharge summaries

Journal of Quality in Clinical Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 104-108

  Wilson, Stephen ^a,d   Ruscoe, Warwick ^b   Chapman, Margaret ^a   Miller, Rhona ^c  

^a Ambulatory Care   (Australia)

^b Macarthur Division of General Practice   (Australia)

^c GP Health Communication Project   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Discharge summaries; General practitioners; Hospital discharge; Information transfer; Quality audit

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ERROR; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN RELATIONS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035710837     PISSN: 13205455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1762.2001.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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