Patient safety concerns arising from test results that return after hospital discharge

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-128

  Roy, Christopher L ^a   Poon, Eric C ^a   Karson, Andrew S ^a   Ladak Merchant, Zahra ^a   Johnson, Robin E ^a   Maviglia, Saverio M ^a   Gandhi, Tejal K ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SATISFACTION;

EID: 22244479675     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-143-2-200507190-00011     Document Type: Article

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