Evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of a screening instrument for patients at risk of difficult discharge;Valutazione della sensibilità e specificità di uno strumento di screening dei pazienti a rischio di dimissione difficile

Assistenza Infermieristica e Ricerca

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 184-193

  Saiani, Luisa ^a   Zanolin, Maria Elisabetta ^a   Dalponte, Adriana ^b   Palese, Alvisa ^c   Viviani, Debora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ITALY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 63449120774     PISSN: 15925986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1702/391.4602     Document Type: Article

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