Hospitalist care and length of stay in patients requiring complex discharge planning and close clinical monitoring

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1869-1874

  Southern, William N ^a   Berger, Matthew A ^a   Bellin, Eran Y ^a   Hailpern, Susan M ^a   Arnsten, Julia H ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STAFF; MONITORING; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; STROKE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 34748911130     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.17.1869     Document Type: Article

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