Maintaining continuity of care: A look at the quality of communication between Ontario emergency departments and community physicians

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 155-161

  Stiell, Andrew P ^a   Forster, Alan J ^a,b   Still, Ian G ^a,b   Van Walraven, Carl ^a,b,c,d  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Inter physician communication; Survey

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; POSTAL MAIL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 27944436659     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500013191     Document Type: Review

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