Frequency of new or worsening symptoms in the posthospitalization period

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 58-68

  Epstein, Kenneth ^a,b   Juarez, Esther ^a   Loya, Kathy ^a   Gorman, Mary Jo ^c   Singer, Adam ^a  

^a IPC The Hospitalist Company   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Advanced ICU Care Inc

Author keywords

Discharge management; Hospitalist medicine; Quality improvement; Transition of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE;

AFTERCARE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEPHONE;

EID: 34248384051     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.170     Document Type: Article

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