Preparing patients and caregivers to participate in care delivered across settings: The care transitions intervention

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1817-1825

  Coleman, Eric A ^a   Smith, Jodi D ^a   Frank, Janet C ^b   Min, Sung Joon ^a   Parry, Caha ^a   Kramer, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Care coordination; Care transition; Chronic illness; Self management

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SELF CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 5344258199     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52504.x     Document Type: Article

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