Nursing Home Procedures on Transitions of Care

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 634-638

  Lester, Paula ^a   Stefanacci, Richard G ^b   Chen, Ding Geng ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing home; policy; transitions of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; RESPONSIBILITY; STANDARD; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 70350410260     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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