Hospital discharge information and older patients: Do they get what they need?

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 291-296

  Flacker, Jonathan ^a,c,d   Park, Wansoo ^b   Sims, Addie ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Care transitions; Discharge planning; Geriatrics

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RECALL; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 35649026847     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.166     Document Type: Article

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