Unplanned readmission within the most recent postoperative year of heart transplant patients in Taiwan

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2302-2310

  Huang, Su Hsia ^b   Wang, Shoei Shen ^a,c   Tai, John Jen ^d   Lou, Meei Fang ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adult patient; Heart transplant; Nurses; Nursing; Surgery; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49749113296     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02268.x     Document Type: Article

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