Hospital readmissions: Physician awareness and communication practices

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 374-380

  Roy, Christopher L ^a   Kachalia, Allen ^a   Woolf, Seth ^a   Burdick, Elisabeth ^a   Karson, Andrew ^b   Gandhi, Tejal K ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication practice; Hospital readmission; Physician awareness; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT READMISSION;

EID: 60449097309     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0848-x     Document Type: Article

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