Impact of a standardized communication system on continuity of care between family physicians and the emergency department

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 79-86

  Afilalo, Marc ^a,b   Lang, Eddy ^a,b   Léger, Ruth ^a   Xue, Xiaoqing ^a   Colacone, Antoinette ^a   Soucy, Nathalie ^a   Vandal, Alain ^a,c   Boivin, Jean François ^a,c   Unger, Bernard ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Emergency department; Family physician; Follow up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 34047130218     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500014834     Document Type: Article

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