Improving geriatric transitional care through inter-professional care teams

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-63

  Blewett, Lynn A ^a   Johnson, Kelli ^a   McCarthy, Teresa ^b   Lackner, Thomas ^c   Brandt, Barbara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inter professional care teams; Post acute; Transitional care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TEAMWORK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINNESOTA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77149173156     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.01114.x     Document Type: Article

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