Referrals from home care to emergency hospital care: Basis for decisions

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-36

  Kihlgren, Annica Larsson ^a,b   Fagerberg, Ingegerd ^b,c   Skovdahl, Kirsti ^a,b   Kihlgren, Mona ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute care referrals; Community care; Decision making; Older people; Staff interviews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TRAINING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 0037267514     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00682.x     Document Type: Article

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