Assessing the quality of transitional care: Further applications of the care transitions measure

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-322

  Parry, Carla ^a   Mahoney, Eldon ^b   Chalmers, Sandra A ^a   Coleman, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Survey Research and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Care coordination; Care transition; Patient centered care; Quality measurement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 42449146160     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181589bdc     Document Type: Article

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