Homecare referrals and 12-week outcomes following surgery for cancer

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 377-383

  Bowles, Kathryn H ^a   McCorkle, Ruth ^b,c   Nuamah, Isaac F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Nursing ^*

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHILADELPHIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 45849117994     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/08.ONF.377-383     Document Type: Article

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