Continuity of care and patient outcomes after hospital discharge

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 624-631

  Van Walraven, Carl ^a,b,c   Mamdani, Muhammad ^c   Fang, Jiming ^c   Austin, Peter C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative databases; Continuity of care; Hospital readmission; Population based

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3042624667     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30082.x     Document Type: Article

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