Discharge planning and patient satisfaction in an emergency short-stay unit

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-14

  Arendts, Glenn ^a,b   MacKenzie, John ^a   Lee, John K ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Observation unit; Patient discharge; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645058411     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00798.x     Document Type: Article

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