Effects of a structured patient-centered discharge interview on patients' knowledge about their medications

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 563-568

  Louis Simonet, Martine ^a,b   Kossovsky, Michel P ^a,b   Sarasin, François P ^a,b   Chopard, Pierre ^a,b,c   Gabriel, Victor ^a   Perneger, Thomas V ^b,c   Gaspoz, Jean Michel ^a,b,d  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Grp Rech d'Anal Syst Soins H   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 4644298406     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.03.036     Document Type: Article

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