Tying up loose ends: Discharging patients with unresolved medical issues

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1305-1311

  Moore, Carlton ^a   McGinn, Thomas ^a   Halm, Ethan ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34347272253     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.12.1305     Document Type: Article

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