Falling through the cracks: Challenges and opportunities for improving transitional care for persons with continuous complex care needs

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 549-555

  Coleman, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Care integration; Care transitions; Medical errors; Systems of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERROR; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TRANSITIONAL CARE;

AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; PATIENT TRANSFER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037392164     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51185.x     Document Type: Article

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