The care transitions intervention: A patient-centered approach to ensuring effective transfers between sites of geriatric care

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1-17

  Parry, Carla ^a   Coleman, Eric A ^a   Smith, Jodi D ^a   Frank, Janet ^b   Kramer, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Care fragmentation; Care transitions; Chronic illness; Interdisciplinary teams; Medical errors; Patient centered; Self management

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EPISODE OF CARE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642303653     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v22n03_01     Document Type: Article

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