Adverse outcomes after discharge: Occurrence, treatment and determinants

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-52

  Marang van De Mheen, P J ^a   Van Duijn Bakker, N ^a   Kievit, J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NECROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SHOCK; THROMBOSIS; WOUND HEALING;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 39349094760     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2007.023309     Document Type: Article

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