Unplanned readmission to hospital: A comparison of the views of general practitioners and hospital staff

Age and Ageing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-143

  Pearson, Ben ^a   Skelly, Robert ^a   Wileman, Derek ^a   Masud, Tahir ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Hospital staff; Older people; Unplanned readmission to hospital

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MCNEMAR TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036224302     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/31.2.141     Document Type: Article

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1. Use of medical record linkage to study readmission rates
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3. Are readmission rates a useful indicator of outcome?
4. Readmission rates: The price for early discharge
5. Hospital readmissions as a measure of quality of healthcare: Advantages and limitations
6. The early readmission of elderly patients to hospital
7. Slowing the rate of acute medical admissions
8. Factors affecting early unplanned readmission of elderly patients to hospital
9. Improving communication between hospital and community care physicians. Feasibility study of a handwritten, faxed hospital discharge summary
10. What is necessary for high quality discharge summaries?