Effects of nurse follow-up on emergency room revisits: A randomized controlled trial

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2207-2218

  Wong, Frances Kam Yuet ^a   Chow, Susan ^a   Chang, Katherine ^a   Lee, Albert ^b   Liu, Jiexin ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency room use; ER transitional care; Health service utilization; Help seeking behavior; Hong Kong; Nurse follow up

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; SERVICE PROVISION;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE; OUTPATIENT; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 4644362828     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.03.028     Document Type: Article

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