Post-acute referral decisions made by multidisciplinary experts compared to hospital clinicians and the patients' 12-week outcomes

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-166

  Bowles, Kathryn H ^a   Ratcliffe, Sarah J ^a   Holmes, John H ^a   Liberatore, Matthew ^b   Nydick, Robert ^b   Naylor, Mary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical; Decision making; Decision support systems; Discharge planning; Referral and consultation

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFTERCARE; AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEW ENGLAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 38549139187     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31815b9dc4     Document Type: Article

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