Quantifying posthospital care transitions in older patients

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-74

  Ma, Edna ^a   Coleman, Eric A ^a   Fish, Ron ^a   Lin, Michael ^b   Kramer, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Care transitions; Postacute care; Systems of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NURSING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL;

EID: 1642316210     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70058-4     Document Type: Article

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