Care Transitions and Home Health Care

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 135-148

  Boling, Peter A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge planning; Home care; Home health care; Transitional care; Transitions of care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 59649118401     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2008.11.005     Document Type: Review

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