Critical review of transitional care between nursing homes and emergency departments

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 33-38

  Terrell, Kevin M ^a,b   Miller, Douglas K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TRANSITIONAL CARE;

EID: 33847147979     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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