Effect of a nurse team coordinator on outcomes for hospitalized medicine patients

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1148-1153

  Forster, Alan J ^a,b,d   Clark, Heather D ^a,b   Menard, Alex ^e   Dupuis, Natalie ^e   Chernish, Robert ^e   Chandok, Natasha ^e   Khan, Asmat ^e   Letourneau, Megan ^e   Van Walraven, Carl ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Clinical nurse specialist; Health services research; Hospital medicine; Quality of care; Randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICINE; MORTALITY; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CANADA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; NURSE CLINICIANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 25444460329     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.04.019     Document Type: Article

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