Risks for unplanned hospital readmission in a teaching hospital in southern taiwan

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 389-395

  Chang, Su Hsien ^a   Chiu, Ya Hung ^b   Liou, I Ping ^b  

^a CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Discharge planning; Hospital readmission; Model of discharge planning programme; Multidisciplinary team; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642526353     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-172X.2003.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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